{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-25-1-540","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-540","heading":"Text of oath for officers.","body":"The oath of office for commissioned and warrant officers in the National Guard of South Carolina shall be substantially as follows: \"I __________ do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of South Carolina against all enemies foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the Governor of South Carolina; that I make this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office of __________ in the National Guard of the United States and of South Carolina upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.\"","path":["Title 25 - MILITARY, CIVIL DEFENSE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS","CHAPTER 1 Military Code","ARTICLE 5 Commissioned and Warrant Officers Generally"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t25c001.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:53:39Z","sha256":"713ac62b204ac8d418b85bfbbf7479953ad8090e1e6b006da8d109c6d9926300","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-25-1-530","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-25-1-550"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}