10 LC 29 4129S
(SCS)
Senate
Bill 313
By:
Senator Harbison of the 15th
AS
PASSED SENATE
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 15-12-68 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to oath of witnesses, so as to provide that an oath shall be given to all
witnesses before the grand jury; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 15-12-68 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to oath of
witnesses, is amended by revising subsection (a) as follows:
"(a)
The following oath shall be administered to
all
witnesses in criminal cases before the grand jury:
'Do
you solemnly swear or affirm that the evidence you shall give the grand jury on
this bill of indictment or presentment shall be the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth? So help you God.'"
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.