N.Y. FCT Law § 152
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Power to administer oaths
Official statutory text
§ 152. Power to administer oaths. (a) Each family court judge may\nadminister oaths and take acknowledgments, and may designate an official\nof his court so to do.\n (b) In conducting a hearing under this act, a judge may dispense with\nthe formality of placing a minor under oath before taking his testimony.\n
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