No person shall be disqualified to give evidence in any court 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.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 1.17
RELIGIOUS BELIEF
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Bisby v. State (1995)
Most recently applied in Bisby v. State (November 1995)
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.