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Article IX, Tennessee Constitution
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Article IX of the Tennessee Constitution is entitled Disqualifications and consists of three sections.
Section 1
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Repealed. |
Amendments
- Repealed with the approval of Constitutional Amendment 4 on November 8, 2022.
Section 2
| Text of Section 2:
No person who denies the being of God, or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this state. |
Section 3
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Any person who shall, after the adoption of this Constitution, fight a duel, or knowingly be the bearer of a challenge to fight a duel, or send or accept a challenge for that purpose, or be an aider or abettor in fighting a duel, shall be deprived of the right to hold any office of honor or profit in this state, and shall be punished otherwise, in such manner as the Legislature may prescribe. |
