{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-35.210","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 35.210","heading":"Oaths or affirmations.","body":"(1) Before performing their respective duties, military judges, general and special\ncourts-martial members, trial counsel, defense counsel, reporters and interpreters\nshall take an oath or affirmation in the presence of the accused to perform their\nduties fait hfully. The form of the oath or affirmation, the time and place of the\ntaking thereof, the manner of recording the same, and whether the oath or\naffirmation shall be taken for all cases in which these duties are to be performed or\nfor a particular case, sh all be as prescribed in regulation or as provided by law.\nThese regulations may provide that an oath or affirmation to perform faithfully the\nduties as a military judge, trial counsel, or defense counsel may be taken at any time\nby any judge advocate or ot her person certified or designated to be qualified or\ncompetent for the duty, and if such an oath or affirmation is taken, it need not again\nbe taken at the time the judge advocate or other person is detailed to that duty.\n(2) Each witness before a court-martial shall be examined on oath or affirmation.","path":["KRS Chapter 35"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=41917","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:52Z","sha256":"9fb1fbec706a18a5928c26db51cb1b59805a3e7d4c051a064c0177dd440de3f1","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-35.205","next":"us-ky/krs-35.215"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}