§12-7  Filing of oath.  The name of no
candidate for any office shall be printed upon any official ballot, in any
election, unless the candidate shall have taken and subscribed to the following
written oath or affirmation, and filed the oath with the candidate's nomination
papers.



The written oath or affirmation shall be in the
following form:



"I,..............., do solemnly swear and
declare, on oath that if elected to office I will support and defend the
Constitution and laws of the United States of America, and the Constitution and
laws of the State of Hawaii, and will bear true faith and allegiance to the
same; that if elected I will faithfully discharge my duties as.....(name of
office)...............to the best of my ability; that I take this obligation
freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; So help me
God."



Upon being satisfied as to the sincerity of any
person claiming that the person is unwilling to take the above prescribed oath
only because the person is unwilling to be sworn, the person may be permitted,
in lieu of the oath, to make the person's solemn affirmation which shall be in
the same form as the oath except that the words "sincerely and truly
affirm" shall be substituted for the word "swear" and the
phrases "on oath" and "So help me God" shall be omitted. 
Such affirmation shall be of the same force and effect as the prescribed oath.



The oath or affirmation shall be subscribed
before the officer administering the same, who shall endorse thereon the fact
that the oath was subscribed and sworn to or the affirmation was made together
with the date thereof and affix the seal of the officer's office or of the
court of which the officer is a judge or clerk.



It shall be the duty of every notary public or
other public officer by law authorized to administer oaths to administer the
oath or affirmation prescribed by this section and to furnish the required
endorsement and authentication. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; gen ch 1985]