Georgia Code, Title 24, Chapter 6, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 24-6-601 - General Rule of Competency
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every person is competent to be a witness.
• § 24-6-602 - Lack of Personal Knowledge
  A witness may not testify to a matter unless evidence is introduced sufficient to support a finding that the witness has personal knowledge of...
• § 24-6-603 - Oath or Affirmation
  (a) Before testifying, every witness shall be required to declare that he or she will testify truthfully by oath or affirmation administered in a...
• § 24-6-604 - Interpreters
  Except as provided in Code Sections 24-6-656 and 24-6-657 or by the rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of Georgia pursuant to Code Section...
• § 24-6-605 - Judge As Witness
  The judge presiding at the trial shall not testify in that trial as a witness. No objection need be made in order to preserve...
• § 24-6-606 - Juror As Witness
  (a) A member of the jury shall not testify as a witness before that jury in the trial of the case in which the...
• § 24-6-607 - Who May Impeach
  The credibility of a witness may be attacked by any party, including the party calling the witness.
• § 24-6-608 - Evidence of Character and Conduct of Witness
  (a) The credibility of a witness may be attacked or supported by evidence in the form of opinion or reputation, subject to the following...
• § 24-6-609 - Impeachment by Evidence of Conviction of a Crime
  (a) General rule. For the purpose of attacking the character for truthfulness of a witness: (1) Evidence that a witness other than an accused...
• § 24-6-610 - Religious Beliefs or Opinions
  Evidence of the beliefs or opinions of a witness on matters of religion shall not be admissible for the purpose of proving that by...
• § 24-6-611 - Mode and Order of Witness Interrogation and Presentation
  (a) The court shall exercise reasonable control over the mode and order of interrogating witnesses and presenting evidence so as to: (1) Make the...
• § 24-6-612 - Writing Used to Refresh Memory
  (a) If a witness uses a writing to refresh his or her memory while testifying, an adverse party shall be entitled to have the...
• § 24-6-613 - Prior Statements of Witnesses
  (a) In examining a witness concerning a prior statement made by the witness, whether written or not, the statement need not be shown nor...
• § 24-6-614 - Calling and Interrogation of Witnesses by Court
  (a) The court may, on its own motion, call a court appointed expert, call a witness regarding the competency of any party, or call...
• § 24-6-615 - Exclusion of Witnesses
  Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 24-6-616, at the request of a party the court shall order witnesses excluded so that each witness...
• § 24-6-616 - Presence in Courtroom of Victim of Criminal Offense
  Subject to the provisions of Code Section 17-17-9, the victim of a criminal offense shall be entitled to be present in any court exercising...

Last modified: October 14, 2016