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who are allowed by the Laws of the Province in which he or she then is, to affirm in judicial cases, shall make affirmation to the same effect, that is to say:
Oath of Residence.
I, A. B., do swear (or, being one of the persons allowed by Law to affirm in judicial cases, do affirm) that I have resided three years in this Dominion, with intent to settle therein, without having been during that time a stated resident in any foreign country. So help me God.
2. And every such Alien, in order to become entitled to the benefit of this Act, shall also take and subscribe the following Oath of Allegiance, (or, being one of those persons who are allowed, by ?he Laws of the Province in which he or she then is, to affirm in judicial cases, shall make affirmation to the same effect) that is to say:
Oath of Allegiance.
I, A. B., do sincerely promise and swear (or, being one of the persons allowed by Law to affirm in judicial cases, do affirm) that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, as lawful Sovereign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Dominion of Canada, dependent on and belonging to the said United Kingdom, and that I will defend Her to the utmost of my power against all traitorous conspiracies and attempts whatever which shall be made against Her Person, Crown and Dignity; and that I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to Her Majesty, her Heirs and Successors, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies and attempts which I shall know to be against Her or any of them; and all this I do swear, without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation. So help me God.
3. And every such oath or affirmation shall be taken and subscribed by such Alien, and may be administered to him or her by any Judge of any Court of Record in that Province of Canada in which such Alien resides, or by any person authorized to administer oaths in any of the Courts hereinafter mentioned, or by any Commissioner? to be appointed by the Governor for that purpose, or by any Justice of the Peace of the County or District within which such Alien resides; which said Judge, Commissioner, or Justice of the Peace, on being satisfied by evidence produced by such Alien, that he or she has been a resident of Canada, for a continuous period of three years or upwards, and is a person of good character, shall grant to such Alien a Certificate, setting forth that such Alien has taken and subscribed the said oath or affirmation, and that such Judge, Commissioner or Justice of the Peace, has reason to believe that such Alien has been so resident within Canada for a period of three years or upwards, that he or she is a person of good character, and that there exists to the knowledge of such Judge, Commissioner or Justice of the Peace, no reason why such Alien should not be granted all the rights and capacities of a Natural-born British Subject.
5. Such Certificate shall be presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, or the Recorder's Court of the County or City within the jurisdiction of which the Alien resides in Ontario, or to the Circuit Court in and for the Circuit within which he or she resides in Quebec or to the Supreme Court if he or she resides in Nova Scotia, or to the Supreme Court of Judicature of New Brunswick, or County Court of the County in which he or she resides, if he or she resides in New Brunswick, in open Court, on the first day of some general sitting of such Court, and thereupon such Court shall cause the same to be openly read in Court; And if during such general sitting the facts mentioned in such Certificate are not controverted, or any other valid objection made to the Naturalization of such Alien, such Court, on the last day of such general sitting, shall direct that such Certificate be filed of record
