Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 17. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Chapter 8. TRIAL · Article 3. CONDUCT OF PROCEEDINGS

17-8-52. Oath to be administered to witnesses.

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(a)
The following oath shall be administered to witnesses in criminal cases:#
1. ‘‘Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the evidence you shall give to the court and jury in the matter now pending before the court shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? So help you God.’’
(b)
Any oath given that substantially complies with the language in this Code section shall subject the witness to the provisions of Code Section 16-10-70.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 836; Code 1863, § 4537; Code 1868, § 4557; Code 1873, § 4651; Code 1882, § 4651; Penal Code 1895, § 980; Penal Code 1910, § 1006; Code 1933, § 38-1702; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1499, § 2.

Cross references

Perjury and related offenses, § 16-10-70 et seq.

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