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2017 Mississippi Code
Title 47 - Prisons and Prisoners; Probation and Parole
Chapter 5 - Correctional System
Operation, Management and Personnel
§ 47-5-41. Employees' oath of office
Universal Citation: MS Code § 47-5-41 (2017)
All employees, before entering upon their duties, shall take and subscribe the following oath to be filed and preserved by the commissioner:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully and diligently
perform all the duties required of me as ____ of the correctional system, and
will observe and execute the laws, rules and regulations passed and prescribed
for the government thereof so far as the same concerns or pertains to any
employment, and that I will not ill-treat or abuse any offender under my care
contrary to the law and the rules and regulations prescribed by legal
authority. So help me God."
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