New Hampshire (August 18, 1981) State Laws, Oath, Title 51, Courts, Chapter 500-A:18:
<I. The oath to be administered to jurors in civil cases shall be as follows...:
You swear that, in all cases between party and party that shall be committed to you, you will give a true verdict, according to law and evidence given you. So Help You God.
II. If any person selected as a juror is of a denomination called Quakers or is scrupulous of swearing, and declines to take the oath, the person shall take and subscribe the oath, omitting the words "swear" and "So Help Me God", substituting in place thereof, "affirm...under the pains and penalties of perjury".
SECTION 516:19...No other ceremony shall be necessary in swearing than holding up the right hand, but any other form or ceremony may be used which the person to whom the oath is administered professes to believe more binding upon the conscience. Source. RS 188:10. CS 200:10. 1860, 2364. GS
209:10. GL 228:10. PS 224:10. PL 336:21. RL 392:19.
SECTION 516:20...Persons scrupulous of swearing may affirm; the word "affirm" being used in administering the oath, instead of the word "swear," and the words "this you do under the pains and penalties of perjury," instead of the words "So Help You God." Source. RS 188:11. CS 200:11. GS 209:11. GL 228:11. PS 224:11. PL 336:22. RL 392:20.
SECTION 516:21...No person who believes in the existence of a Supreme Being shall be excluded from testifying on account of his opinions on matters of religion. Source. RS 188:9. CS 200:9. GS 209:12. GL 228:12. PS
224:12. PL 336:23. RL 392:21.
TITLE LIX, PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES, GRAND
JURIES, SECTION 600:3...Grand jurors before entering upon their duties shall take the following oath: You, as grand jurors, do solemnly swear that you will diligently inquire, and a true presentment make, of all such matters and things as shall be given you in charge...So Help You God.
TITLE LX, CORRECTION & PUNISHMENT, CHAPTER 622,
STATE PRISONS, SECTION 622:23...Inmates shall have freedom of religious belief and freedom to worship God according to the dictates of their consciences, but this shall not permit anything inconsistent with proper discipline. Source. 1881, 39:1. PS 285:25. PL 400:26. RL 464:24.
TITLE XII, PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE, CHAPTER 169-B, DELINQUENT CHILDREN, SECTION 169-B:33...The court...in placing minors, shall, as far as practicable, place them in the care and custody of some individual holding the same religious beliefs as the minor or the parents of said minor...No minor under the supervision of any state institution shall be denied the free exercise of the minor's own religion or the religion of the parents, whether living or dead, nor the liberty of worshipping God according thereto. Source. 1979, 361:2. 1995, 302:21, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.> 1981NH001
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1981NH001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). New Hampshire, August 18, 1981, State Laws, Oath, Title 51, Courts, Chapter 500-A:18.