16-5-103 - Election of judges Oath.

16-5-103. Election of judges Oath.

(a)  The judges of the court of criminal appeals shall be elected by the qualified voters for a full term of eight (8) years at the same time the regular judicial election is held in this state for the judges of the other courts of record.

(b)  Their oath of office shall be filed and entered on the minutes of the court in the particular grand division from which the judge has been appointed or elected. The oath shall likewise be filed and entered on the records in the office of the secretary of state at Nashville.

[Acts 1967, ch. 226, § 3; 1969, ch. 330, § 3; 1976, ch. 636, § 2; modified; T.C.A., § 16-443.]