Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
District Courts have been empowered by the Government of Bombay (see Resolution of the 12th October 1877), to appoint officers to administer oaths to deponents for the purpose of affidavits in the District Courts, and the Courts subordinate to the District Courts. This order was originally made under section 197 of the old Code and is valid under section 157 of the present code.