1. A. Each member of the general jury panel, when reporting for duty as provided for in Section 20 of Title 38 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation which shall be in substantially the following form:

   OATH

   I, the undersigned, do solemnly swear or affirm that I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of Oklahoma, County of __________. I further swear or affirm that I am eighteen years of age or older. I further swear or affirm that I have not been convicted of a felony for which a period of time equal to the original judgment and sentence has not expired, or for which I have not been pardoned. I further swear or affirm that I am not now adjudicated as being mentally incompetent and that I am not mentally retarded.

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   (Signature or mark of general jury panel member)
   

   _____________________________ ____________
   (Signature of court clerk) (Date)

2. B. The oath or affirmation provided for in subsection A of this section shall be administered by the chief judge of the district court or, during his absence or disability, by some other judge assigned to the district court in the county, and once subscribed to, shall be maintained in the office of the court clerk as a judicial record.

Laws 1985, SB 90, c. 273, § 2.