11-2. Administration of oaths.
Judges and other persons who may be empowered to administer oaths, shall (except in the cases in this Chapter excepted) require the party to be sworn to lay his hand upon the Holy Scriptures, in token of his engagement to speak the truth and in further token that, if he should swerve from the truth, he may be justly deprived of all the blessings of that holy book and made liable to that vengeance which he has imprecated on his own head. (1777, c. 108, s. 2, P.R.; R.C., c. 76, s. 1; Code, s. 3309; Rev., s. 2354; C.S., s. 3189; 1941, c. 11; 1971, c. 381, s. 9; 1985, c. 756, s. 2.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 1 - General Provisions.
§ 11-1 - Oaths and affirmations to be administered with solemnity.
§ 11-2 - Administration of oaths.
§ 11-3 - Administration of oath with uplifted hand.
§ 11-4 - Affirmation in lieu of oath.
§ 11-5 - Oaths of corporations.
§ 11-7 - Oath or affirmation to support Constitutions; all officers to take.
§ 11-7.1 - Who may administer oaths of office.
§ 11-8 - When deputies may administer.