Whenever any person is required to take or subscribe an oath and shall have conscientious scruples against taking the same, he shall be permitted, instead of such oath, to make a solemn affirmation, with uplifted right hand, in the following form, viz: you do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm, and close with: and this I do under the pains and penalties of perjury, which affirmation shall be equally valid as if such person had taken an oath in the usual form; and every person guilty of falsely, willfully or corruptly declaring as aforesaid, shall be liable to punishment for the same as for perjury.
History: Laws 1893, ch. 42, § 2; C.L. 1897, § 2560; Code 1915, § 3934; C.S. 1929, § 94-111; 1941 Comp., § 46-102; 1953 Comp., § 43-1-2.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For Uniform Laws on Notarial Acts, see 14-14-1 to 14-14-11 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 58 Am. Jur. 2d Oath and Affirmation §§ 11, 14, 15, 17 to 19, 22 to 24.
67 C.J.S. Oaths and Affirmations § 6.