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2013 Code of Virginia
Title 49 - OATHS, AFFIRMATIONS AND BONDS.
Chapter 1 - Oaths and Affirmations
Section 49-9 - When affirmation may be made
VA Code § 49-9 (2013) What's This?
§ 49-9. When affirmation may be made.
If any person required to take an oath shall declare that he has religious scruples as to the propriety of taking it, he may make a solemn affirmation, which shall in all respects have the same effect as an oath.
(Code 1919, § 278.)
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