29B.43 - OATHS.
29B.43 OATHS.
Before performing their official duties, military judges, members
of a general and special courts-martial, trial counsel, assistant
trial counsel, defense counsel, assistant defense counsel, reporters
and interpreters shall take an oath to perform their duties
faithfully. The adjutant general shall adopt rules prescribing the
form of the oath, the time and place of the taking of the oath, the
manner of recording, and whether the oath must be taken for all cases
in which official duties must be performed or for a particular case.
The rules may provide that an oath to perform duties faithfully as a
military judge, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense
counsel, or assistant defense counsel may be taken at any time by any
judge advocate or legal officer, or other person certified to be
qualified or competent for the duty, and that once taken the oath
need not be taken again each time the person is detailed to that
duty. Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 29B.43; 82 Acts, ch 1042, § 26]