Maine statute

15 M.R.S. § 1253 — Affirmations

Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)

Part of Chapter 203: Juries, Maine Revised Statutes.

Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 1253

Statutory text current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the Maine Revised Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes' official published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Maine and has not been certified by the Secretary of State.

15 M.R.S. § 1253Primary source, current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)

When a person returned as grand juror is conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, the person may make affirmation, substituting the word "affirm" instead of "swear" and the words "This you do under the pains and penalties of perjury" instead of "So help you God."

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