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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 24. EVIDENCE · Chapter 6. WITNESSES · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

24-6-610. Religious beliefs or opinions.

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  1. Evidence of the beliefs or opinions of a witness on matters of religion shall not be admissible for the purpose of proving that by reason of the nature of the beliefs or opinions the witness’s credibility is impaired or enhanced.

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

Code 1981, § 24-6-610, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

Cross references

Religious beliefs or opinions, Fed. R. Evid. 610.

Law reviews

For article, “An Analysis of Georgia’s Proposed Rules of Evidence,” see 26 Ga. St. B.J. 173 (1990).

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