Section XI. And it hereby enacted, that every Witness before any such Court President and two Members, shall be

XI. And it hereby enacted, that every Witness before any such Court President and two Members, shall be examined upon Oath, which such Courts and President and two Members are hereby authorized to administer, Provided always that in all cases wherein a Solemn Declaration or Affirmation would be allowed in Her Majesty's Courts of Judicature to be substituted for an Oath, the said Court or President and two Members constituted by this Act, shall substitute such Solemn Declaration or Affirmation for an Oath.