Power to administer oaths
§ 152. Power to administer oaths. (a) Each family court judge may administer oaths and take acknowledgments, and may designate an official of his court so to do.
(b) In conducting a hearing under this act, a judge may dispense with the formality of placing a minor under oath before taking his testimony.
(a) Each judge may administer oaths / take acknowledgments and may designate a court official to do so. (b) In a hearing, the judge may skip putting a minor under oath before testimony. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.