{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-32.1042","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1042","heading":"Persons required to take oath or affirmation in presence of accused; examination of witnesses on oath or affirmation.","body":"Sec. 42.\n\nBefore performing their respective duties, interpreters and, in general and special courts-martial, members, military judges, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, assistant defense counsel, and reporters shall take an oath or affirmation in the presence of the accused to perform their duties faithfully.\n\nEach witness before a military court shall be examined on oath or affirmation.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 32","Act Act-523-of-1980"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-32-1042","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"a047d04bbee78719788167c4ceea0d9f547cb231888ad36733857ef84ad4a0c1","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-32.1041","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-32.1043"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}