Article VIII — Impeachment and Removal from Office
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Okla. Const. art. VIII, § 1 Section 1
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The Governor and other elective state officers, including the Justices of the Supreme Court, shall be liable and subject to impeachment for wilful neglect of duty, corruption in office, habitual drunkenness, incompetency, or any offense involving moral turpitude committed while i…
Okla. Const. art. VIII, § 2 Section 2
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All elective officers, not liable to impeachment, shall be subject to removal from office in such manner and for such causes as may be provided by law.
Okla. Const. art. VIII, § 3 Section 3
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When sitting as a Court of Impeachment, the Senate shall be presided over by the Chief Justice, or if he is absent or disqualified, then one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, to be selected by it, except in cases where all the members of said court are absent or dis…
Okla. Const. art. VIII, § 4 Section 4
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When the Senate is sitting as a Court of Impeachment, the Senators shall be on oath, or affirmation, impartially to try the party impeached, and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senators present.
Okla. Const. art. VIII, § 5 Section 5
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Judgment of impeachment shall not extend beyond removal from office, but this shall not prevent punishment of any such officer on charges growing out of the same matter by the courts of the State.
Okla. Const. art. VIII, § 6 Section 6
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The Legislature shall pass such laws as are necessary for carrying into effect the provisions of this article.