Statute 48-2707: (KCMJ Art. 42) Oaths.
(a) Before performing their respective duties, military judges, members
of 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 form of the oath, the time
and place of the taking thereof, the manner of recording the same, and
whether the oath shall be taken for all cases in which these duties are to
be performed or for a particular case, shall be as prescribed in
regulations of the governor. These regulations may provide that an oath to
perform faithfully duties 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 other person certified to be qualified
or competent for the duty, and if such an oath is taken it need not again
be taken at the time the judge advocate or other person is detailed to that
duty.
(b) Each witness before a military court shall be examined on oath or
affirmation.
History: L. 1972, ch. 203, § 48-2707;
L. 1988, ch. 191, § 27; July 1.