Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 4 — Puerto Rico
§ 874. Judicial process; officials to be citizens of United States; oath
Statutory text
All judicial process shall run in the name of “United States of America, ss, the President of the United States”, and all penal or criminal prosecutions in the local courts shall be conducted in the name and by the authority of “The People of Puerto Rico.” All officials shall be citizens of the United States, and, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the laws of Puerto Rico.
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. 64–145 § 10 · 39 Stat. 226
Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 874
Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 10, 39 Stat. 954
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 10, 39 Stat. 954
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, § 16, 31 Stat. 81.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Puerto Rico” substituted in text for “Porto Rico” pursuant to act , which is classified to section 731a of this title.
Credits
1917–1932 · 2 acts
- 1917Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 10, 39 Stat. 954
- 1932May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.
Show as published
(Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 10, 39 Stat. 954; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.)