Third Schedule
The exact forms of oath or affirmation for ministers, MPs, MLAs, judges and the CAG before they take office. · Articles 75, 84, 99, 124, 148, 164, 173 and 188
Contains the precise wording of the oath (or affirmation) that has to be taken before entering office — the exact words a Union Minister, a Member of Parliament, a Supreme Court Judge, or a State Minister actually recites.
Oath Forms Included
- Union Ministers, on entering office
- Candidates for election to Parliament
- Members of Parliament
- Judges of the Supreme Court, and the CAG
- Judges of the High Courts
- State Ministers, on entering office
- Candidates for election to a State Legislature
- Members of a State Legislature
This is the literal script behind the swearing-in ceremonies you see on the news — every one of those oaths traces back to specific wording fixed in this Schedule, not something each individual official can freely rewrite.
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