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Title 45. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Chapter 12. GOVERNOR · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
45-12-4. Oath of office.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
The Governor-elect shall, before he enters on the duties of his office, take the following oath in the presence of the General Assembly in joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives:
‘‘I do solemnly swear or affirm that I will faithfully execute the office of Governor of the State of Georgia and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution thereof and the Constitution of the United States.’’
Upon so taking the oath, the Governor-elect shall become Governor. The Lieutenant Governor-elect shall take the same oath with the substitution of ‘‘Lieutenant Governor’’ for ‘‘Governor’’ and upon so taking such oath shall become Lieutenant Governor.
Reading note: the printed indentation of one or more subsections was ambiguous, so their nesting is the extractor's best reading. The official page linked below settles any doubt.
History
Orig. Code 1863, § 57; Code 1868, § 53; Code 1873, § 50; Code 1882, § 50; Civil Code 1895, § 117; Civil Code 1910, § 140; Code 1933, § 40-104; Ga. L. 1949, p. 948, § 3; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1539, § 2.
Editor's notes
Ga. L. 1983, p. 1539, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘It is the intent of Section 2 of this Act to implement the provisions of Article V, Section I, Paragraph VI of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.’’
Cross references
Oath required, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. V, Sec. I, Para. VI.
Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Text read from t45-(v33)-2016-pdf.pdf, Volume V33, 2016 edition, page 291; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 7dfce9a0fd88.