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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 1.17. Religious Belief

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Art. 1.17. [14] [12] RELIGIOUS BELIEF.  No person shall be 
disqualified to give evidence in any court of this State on account 
of his religious opinions, or for the want of any religious belief;  
but all oaths or affirmations shall be administered in the mode most 
binding upon the conscience, and shall be taken subject to the pains 
and penalties of perjury.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.             

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