Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the evidence you shall give the grand jury on this bill of indictment or presentment shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? So help you God.”
History. Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 836.; Code 1863, § 4538; Code 1868, § 4558; Code 1873, § 4652; Code 1882, § 4652; Penal Code 1895, § 834; Penal Code 1910, § 838; Code 1933, § 59-211; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1499, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 862, § 1/SB 313.
Editor’s notes.
For application of this statute in 2020, see Executive Orders 09.10.20.02, 06.30.21.02, 07.22.21.02, 08.19.21.02, 09.20.21.02.
A listing of Executive Orders issued in 2020 can be found at https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders.
Structure Georgia Code
§ 15-12-60. Qualifications of Grand Jurors; Impact of Ineligibility
§ 15-12-62.1. Choosing of Grand Jurors
§ 15-12-63. Concurrent Grand Juries
§ 15-12-65.1. Mailing of Summonses; Failure to Receive Notice
§ 15-12-66. Preliminary Oath to Be Administered to Grand Jurors
§ 15-12-66.1. Insufficient Number of Persons to Complete Panel of Grand Jurors
§ 15-12-67. Appointment or Election of Foreman; Oath of Foreman and Grand Jurors
§ 15-12-69. Oath of Bailiff Attending Grand Jury
§ 15-12-70. Disqualification for Relationship to Interested Party
§ 15-12-71. Duties of Grand Jury
§ 15-12-72. Disclosures of Grand Jurors in Court
§ 15-12-73. Exclusion of Admissions and Communications Among Grand Jurors
§ 15-12-74. Grand Jury Presentment of Offenses; Publication or Filing of Findings
§ 15-12-78. Inspection of County Jails; Recommendations and Presentments
§ 15-12-80. Publication of General Presentments
§ 15-12-81. Notice of Upcoming Appointment by Grand Jury
§ 15-12-82. Change of Venue in Criminal Grand Jury Investigation