Section 773.5 - Inquest; oath or affirmation to be administered witnesses. - Michigan Statutes

THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (EXCERPT)
Act 175 of 1927

773.5 Inquest; oath or affirmation to be administered witnesses.

Sec. 5.

An oath or affirmation to the following effect shall be administered to each witness by the magistrate: “You do solemnly swear, or affirm, that the evidence you shall give at this inquest, concerning the death of the deceased, shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth”.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17407 ;-- CL 1948, 773.5 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981
Former Law: See section 5 of Ch. 167 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 6093; CL 1871, § 7974; How., § 9587; CL 1897, § 11822; and CL 1915, § 15649.