{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-1-22","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-22","heading":"Ceremony.","body":"The ceremony to be used, by persons to whom an oath is administered, shall be the holding up of the right hand; but when any person, by reason of scruples of conscience, objects to such ceremony or when the court or authority by whom the oath is to be administered has reason to believe that any other ceremony will be more binding upon the conscience of the witness, such court or authority may permit or require any other ceremony to be used.","path":["TITLE 1. PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION","CHAPTER 4*. OATHS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_004.htm#sec_1-22","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:06:53Z","sha256":"9bedb04b84c623580fccb1423519a6bdc087c88e28fc952c046bc31791685e10","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-1-21k-and-1-21l","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-1-23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}