Practical Law: Oaths, Affirmations, Statutory Declarations, and Certified Copies - Singapore (2025)

5 January 2026

Allen & Gledhill Partner Wong Pei Ting contributed the 2025 update to the Oaths, Affirmations, Statutory Declarations, and Certified Copies: Overview (Singapore) practice note for Practical Law. The practice note provides an overview of the administration of oaths, affidavits, affirmations, and statutory declarations for use in legal proceedings in the High Court of Singapore. The practice note also details the formalities required in these documents under the Rules of Court 2021 and other sources of law, like the Oaths and Declarations Act 2000, and demonstrates different circumstances where certified copies may be required. It also touches on the consequences of providing false evidence and concludes with legal developments concerning remote witnessing and electronic signing, such as the Oaths, Declarations and Notarisations (Remote Methods) Act 2023.

Reproduced from Practical Law with the permission of the publishers. For further information, visit www.practicallaw.com.