Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 45. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Chapter 16. CORONERS · Article 2. DEATH INVESTIGATIONS

45-16-39. Oath for foreperson and jury of inquest.

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(a)
The following oath shall be administered to the foreman of the jury by the coroner:#
1. ‘‘You, as foreman of the inquest, shall diligently inquire and true presentment make, on behalf of the State of Georgia, how and in what manner (or a person deceased, unknown, as the case may be) came to his death and of such other matters relating to the same as shall be lawfully required of you, according to evidence, so help you God.’’
(b)
The remainder of the jury shall be sworn by the coroner as follows:#
1. ‘‘The same oath which the foreman of this inquest has taken on his part each of you shall observe and keep upon your part, so help you God.’’

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 1823, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 538; Code 1863, § 4005; Code 1868, § 4033; Code 1873, § 4104; Code 1882, § 4104; Penal Code 1895, § 1261; Penal Code 1910, § 1343; Code 1933, § 21-212; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 602, § 16; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1735, § 3.

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