Fees for Commissioner for Oaths Services in Singapore

Last updated on October 20, 2024

Who are Commissioners for Oaths and What Services Do They Provide?

Commissioners for Oaths (“Commissioners”) are individuals appointed by the Board of Commissioners for Oaths and Notaries Public, who are considered as fit and proper persons to be appointed to administer oaths.

A Commissioner may be a lawyer, court interpreter, government official or any other individual (e.g. officers in the employment of government ministries, departments, statutory boards, government-linked companies and employees of designated non-profit organisations) who is authorised to administer oaths and affirmations.

The services that Commissioners provide include the administration of oaths or affirmations for affidavits or statutory declarations to be used in Singapore. Exhibits, which are documents attached to the affidavit or statutory declaration, must be signed or marked by the Commissioner as well.

Do note that Comissioners are not authorised to sign documents for use in foreign countries. Such documents must be notarised by a Notary Public. Refer to our other article if you are looking for the fees for notarial services instead.

Fees for Commissioner for Oaths Services in Singapore

The fees that Commissioners for Oaths can charge for their services are fixed by the Senate of the Singapore Academy of Law. These fees can be found in statutes such as Part II of the Schedule to the Commissioner for Oaths Rules. The fees payable also depend on the court in which the documents will be used. These are set out below:

Supreme Court

Document Type	Commissioning Fees	Other Fees
Affidavit in civil/criminal matters	$25 per affidavit	$5 per exhibit referred to in the document (if any)
Affidavit in bankruptcy matters	$5 per affidavit	$1 per exhibit referred to in the document (if any)
Affidavit in company winding-up matters	$4 per affidavit	$1 per exhibit referred to in the document (if any)
Statutory declarations (for use in Supreme Court proceedings only)	$25 per statutory declaration	$5 per exhibit referred to in the document (if any)

State Courts

Document Type	Commissioning Fees	Other Fees
Affidavit in magistrate’s court suits	$10 per affidavit	$5 per exhibit (if any)
Affidavit in district court suits	$25 per affidavit	$5 per exhibit (if any)
Statutory declaration for interpleader summons in magistrate’s court suits	$10 per affidavit	$5 per exhibit (if any)
Statutory declaration for interpleader summons in district court suits	$25 per affidavit	$5 per exhibit (if any)
Affidavit for harassment cases	$10 per affidavit	$5 per exhibit (if any)

Family Justice Courts

Document Type	Commissioning Fees	Other Fees
Affidavit	$25 per affidavit	$5 per exhibit (if any)
Statutory declaration	$25 per statutory declaration	$5 per exhibit (if any)
Draft consent order in divorce cases	$25 per document	$5 per exhibit (if any)
Consent to adoption order and dispensation of service in adoption cases	$25 per document	$5 per exhibit (if any)
Renunciation, administration bond and other relevant documents in grant of probate or letter of administration cases	$25 per document	$5 per exhibit (if any)

Additional fees may be charged if the oath is administered outside of the Commissioner’s office. The Commissioner is also allowed to charge a reasonable additional rate for translating, interpreting or reading the contents of the document(s) to the deponent (i.e. the person having the document commissioned), or for travelling time.

Free Commissioning Services

Commissioners who are lawyers may also offer commissioning services for free through facilities established for such purposes. However if so, they are not allowed to publicise their legal services to the deponent, or act as the deponent’s lawyer.

Non-lawyer Commissioners may also render their commissioning services for free if their organisations allow them to do so.