Cap. 79 Art. 4Powers of Commissioners for Oaths.

A Commissioner for Oaths may administer any oath and take any affidavit for the purposes of any matter required by the laws of Malta or of any other country, or which is connected with any proceedings taken or to be taken before any court, or is reasonably intended to serve for a judicial purpose, or relates to the exercise of any civil right:

Provided that a Commissioner for Oaths shall not exercise any of the powers given by this article in any proceedings in which he is the advocate for any of the parties to the proceedings or in which he is interested.

(2) The identity of the person taking the oath shall be ascertained by the production of a legally valid identification document, passport or other similar official document.

(3) In the exceptional case where the person taking the oath cannot be in Malta for reasons that the person has no control over, the Commissioner for oaths may give the oath by electronic means and the Commissioner for oaths shall, before administering the oath, satisfy himself with the use of electronic and visual means as to the identity of the person taking the oath and that such person thoroughly understands what he is going to swear to.