(1)  Any person authorised by any rule, order or commission under section 194C to take the examination of any witness is to take the examination of the witness on oath or on affirmation to be administered by the person so authorised or by a judge.

(2)  Any witness who, on oath or affirmation, wilfully gives any false evidence is guilty of perjury and is liable to the punishment as by law may be inflicted for that offence.

Note: This section does not appear in the Evidence Act 1995 of the Commonwealth.