The court before which any action is pending for the recovery of any debt or demand for which the defendant, if committed to a correctional institution thereon, would be entitled to be admitted to take the oath as provided in § 10-13-8, may administer the oath to the defendant as provided in this chapter.
Administration of debtor’s oath pending original action
R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-13-14., under Chapter 10-13 Relief of Poor Debtors.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-13-14.