Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 16 — Delegates to Congress
§ 1713. Qualifications for Office of Delegate
Statutory text
To be eligible for the Office of Delegate a candidate must—
be at least twenty-five years of age on the date of the election,
have been a citizen of the United States for at least seven years prior to the date of the election,
be an inhabitant of the territory from which he is elected, and
not be, on the date of the election, a candidate for any other office.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 92–271 § 3 · 86 Stat. 118
Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1713
(Pub. L. 92–271, § 3, Apr. 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 119.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 92–271, § 3, Apr. 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 119.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 3. To be eligible for the Office of Delegate a candidate must— Eligibility. (a) be at least twenty-five years of age on the date of the election, (b) have been a citizen of the United States for at least seven years prior to the date of the election, (c) be an inhabitant of the territory from which he is elected, and (d) not be, on the date of the election, a candidate for any other office.
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