41:1-6. Affirmations and declarations; when authorized; forms; legal effect
Every person, permitted or required to take an oath in any case, where, by law, an oath is allowed or required, and who shall allege that he is conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, shall, instead of an oath, be permitted to make solemn affirmation or declaration in one of the following forms, to wit:
"I, , do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm": or,
"I, , do declare, in the presence of Almighty God, the witness of the truth of what I say":
Either of which forms shall be as good and effectual in law, as an oath taken in the usual form. In the affirmation or declaration, the words "so help me God" , at the close of the usual oath, shall be omitted.
Every person empowered and required to tender and administer an oath in the usual form, is empowered and required to tender and administer the affirmation or declaration prescribed by this section, when requested so to do by any such scrupulous person.
Structure New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 41 - Oaths and Affidavits
Section 41:1-1 - Oath of allegiance; form
Section 41:1-2 - Persons required to take oath of allegiance
Section 41:1-3 - Oath of allegiance; persons required to take; form
Section 41:1-4 - Oath taken with hand on instead of kissing scriptures
Section 41:1-5 - Swearing with uplifted hand instead of kissing and touching book; when authorized
Section 41:1-6 - Affirmations and declarations; when authorized; forms; legal effect
Section 41:1-7 - Seal not necessary to validity of oath or affidavit
Section 41:2-1 - Officials authorized to take oaths.
Section 41:2-2 - Oaths to witnesses in examinations before legislature or committees; perjury
Section 41:2-3 - Oaths administered by notaries public in financial institution matters.
Section 41:2-3.1 - County detectives and investigators may administer oaths
Section 41:2-3.2 - State detectives, investigators, certain, administration of oaths.
Section 41:2-4 - Duty to administer oath of allegiance
Section 41:2-6 - Oath of allegiance when official oath not required
Section 41:2-7 - Oath of office and of allegiance of governor
Section 41:2-8 - Oath of allegiance of legislators
Section 41:2-10 - Oaths of office; administration
Section 41:2-11 - Oaths of office and of allegiance; recital where taken before commissioned officer
Section 41:2-12 - Enrollment by county clerk of names of persons taking oaths before him
Section 41:2-13 - Judge to act in absence of county clerk
Section 41:2-14 - Oaths of office of notaries, etc.
Section 41:2-15 - Oath of office and of allegiance of county clerk
Section 41:2-17 - Officers authorized to administer or take; jurat; certificate.
Section 41:2-19 - Deputy surveyors to take depositions, etc.
Section 41:2-20 - Effect of oaths administered under sections 41:2-18 or 41:2-19
Section 41:2A-1 - Judicial officers
Section 41:2A-3 - Administration by judges
Section 41:2A-4 - Subscription, filing
Section 41:2A-6 - Form of oath
Section 41:3-1 - False swearing, affirmation of declaration; perjury
Section 41:3-2 - Subornation of oaths, affirmations or affidavits made or taken out of state