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(a) Before the Senate proceeds to try the impeachment, the President of the Senate and every senator present shall take the following oath or affirmation: “I do solemnly swear or affirm that I will faithfully and impartially try the impeachment against A. B., and give my decision according to the law and evidence.”
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(b)
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(1) The members being sworn, the Senate shall proceed to hear, try, and determine the impeachment and may adjourn the trial to any other time.
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(2) The Senate shall determine questions of law arising during the trial, upon the admissibility of evidence, the competency of witnesses, and otherwise.
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(3) The Senate may punish any person for contempt committed toward the Senate or for obstructing the administration of justice on the trial, in as full a manner as any court of record could do for a like contempt toward the court.
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(c) In all impeachment trials, the accused shall have a right to be heard by himself or herself and his or her counsel.
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(d)
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(1) All votes on any question whatever shall be given viva voce and entered on the journals.
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(2) No judgment or sentence of conviction shall be given against any person upon any impeachment without the concurrence of two-thirds (2/3) of the senators elected.
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(3) The Senate shall determine what amount of absence of a senator during the trial shall exclude the senator from voting in the final decision.
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