Amendments to some of Britain's key constitutional documents, including the Bill of Rights and Coronation Oath Act of 1688, the 1701 Act of Settlement and the 1707 Act of Union between Scotland and England, will be necessary to enact the bill.

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That is to say (being a lapsed Jew as well as a naturalised immigrant) he would swear the oath as amended by the Jews Relief Act 1858.

ECONOMIST: Abandon oaths all ye who enter here

If Senator Barack Obama wins the U.S. presidential election in November, the Israelis will feel intense pressure to act before he takes the oath of office in January.

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GARCIA-NAVARRO: Dressed in a dark blue suit on a stage swathed in red velvet and Mexican flags, Lopez-Obrador was presented with a presidential sash and took an oath of office where he promised to act in the national best interest.

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The Leveson Inquiry is being held under oath and in public under the terms of the Inquiries Act.

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Previous to the execution of any official act of the President the Constitution requires an oath of office.

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If Mr Chavez does not take the oath of office, the Speaker of the National Assembly should act as caretaker president until new elections are held within 30 days, the opposition say.

BBC: Diosdado Cabello (left) and Nicolas Maduro (right)

The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, the Quakers and Moravians Act 1833, the Parliamentary Oaths Act 1866 and the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 have progressively chiselled away the direct religious content of the oath.

ECONOMIST: Abandon oaths all ye who enter here