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title: O.C.G.A. § 35-9-6. Oath of office.
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# O.C.G.A. § 35-9-6. Oath of office.

Each person appointed under Code Sections 35-9-2 through 35-9-5, this Code section, and Code Sections 35-9-7 through 35-9-12 shall, within 15 days after his certificate of appointment has been issued and before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the oath prescribed by Code Section 45-3-1 and file it in the office of the appointing authority.

## History

Ga. L. 1943, p. 595, § 4; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 35.