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2022 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 17 - Criminal Procedures
Chapter 7 - Autopsies And Inquest On The Dead
Section 17-7-220. Oath of witnesses.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 17-7-220 (2022)
The witnesses examined upon the inquest shall be sworn as follows, by the coroner, who may administer the oath, that is to say: "The evidence you shall give to this inquest concerning the death of A B, here lying dead, shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help you God."
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 17-112; 1952 Code Section 17-112; 1942 Code Section 1078; 1932 Code Section 1078; Cr. P. '22 Section 165; Cr. C. '12 Section 1009; Cr. C. '02 Section 711; G. S. 2674; R. S. 590.
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