{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jury-trials-scotland-act-1815/section-31",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo3/55/42",
  "legislation_title": "Jury Trials (Scotland) Act 1815",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jury-trials-scotland-act-1815",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Oath to be administered to the jury.",
  "text": "The clerk of the jury court, before proceeding to the said trial, shall administer to the jury the following oath; videlicet,\nYou swear by God, and as you shall answer to God at the great Day of Judgment, that you shall well and truly try (as the case may be), these issues, or this issue, and a true verdict give according to the evidence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo3/55/42/section/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:16:09.648581+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}