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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-9-75. Competency of witnesses.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-9-75. Competency of witnesses.

All persons who are competent as witnesses in the superior courts shall be competent in all cases before the arbitrators.

## History

Code 1933, § 7-416, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 2270, § 2; Code 1981, § 9-9-125; Code 1981, § 9-9-75, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1988, p. 903, § 3.