Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 5: Difference between revisions

Jump to navigation Jump to search
m
no edit summary
No edit summary
mNo edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article I, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Witnesses Not Disqualified by Religious Beliefs; Oaths and Affirmations"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=Adopted February 15, 1876:
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article I, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Witnesses Not Disqualified by Religious Beliefs; Oaths and Affirmations"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=Adopted February 15, 1876:


'''No person shall be disqualified to give evidence in any of the courts of this State on account of his religious opinions, or for the want of any religious belief, but all oaths or affirmations shall be administered in the mode most binding upon the conscience, and shall be taken subject to the pains and penalties of perjury.'''
No person shall be disqualified to give evidence in any of the Courts of this State on account of his religious opinions, or for the want of any religious belief, but all oaths or affirmations shall be administered in the mode most binding upon the conscience, and shall be taken subject to the pains and penalties of perjury.


|editor=
|editor=

Navigation menu