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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-5A-8. Judicial oath and supplemental oath.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-5A-8. Judicial oath and supplemental oath.

Before entering on the duties of his or her office, the judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall take the oath required of all civil officers in addition to the following oath:

‘‘I swear that I will administer justice without respect to person and do equal rights to the poor and the rich and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as judge of the Georgia State-wide Business Court, according to the best of my ability and understanding, and agreeably to the laws and Constitution of this state and the Constitution of the United States. So help me God.’’

## History

Code 1981, § 15-5A-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 845, § 1-1/HB 239.