"On 16.8.04, the NLD leaders went to the Supreme Court to file a petition under Section 45 of the Special Relief Act. It related to getting reliefs against the unlawful activities of SPDC, to release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, her deputy Tin Oo and to reopen party offices. Usually, the petition has to be accompanied with an affidavit setting out all the facts of the case. The Commissioner of Oaths, the authorised person, was approached. Strangely he refused to administer oath to the petitioner as required under Oaths Act. He stated that section 8 of the Act disables him to administer Oath..."