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 PUBLIC LAW 96-70—SEPT. 27, 1979

93 STAT. 495

(b) During the transition period, the President may terminate one magistrate's court, together with the positions of magistrate and constable corresponding thereto, if the President determines that the workload is insufficient to warrant continuance of that court. If one of the magistrates' courts is so terminated, the remaining magistrate's court shall exercise the jurisdiction that otherwise would have been exercised by the terminated court and shall take custody of and administer all records of the terminated court. CHAPTER 3—ATTORNEYS OATH OF ATTORNEYS

SEC. 2301. (a) Section 543 of title 3 of the Canal Zone Code is '76A Stat. 72. amended to read as follows: "§ 543. Oath of attorneys admitted to bar "Before receiving a certificate the applicant shall take and subscribe in court an appropriate oath prescribed by the district judge.". (b) The table of sections for chapter 17 of title 3 of the Canal Zone Code is amended by amending the item relating to section 543 to read as follows: "543. Oath of attorneys admitted to bar.". CHAPTER 4—TRANSITION AUTHORITY

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TRANSITION AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT

SEC. 2401. Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this or 22 USC 3851. any other Act, or in the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements, any authority necessary for the exercise during the transition period of the rights and responsibilities of the United States specified in Article XI of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 shall be vested in the President. PRISONS; PAROLE; PARDONS

SEC. 2402. (a) Subsection (c) of section 6503 of title 6 of the Canal Zone Code is amended to read as follows: ^^^ ^^^- ^^^• "(c) Pursuant to the provisions of section 5003 of title 18, United States Code, the Governor may contract with the Attorney General of the United States for the transfer to the custody of the Attorney General of prisoners sentenced by the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone to terms of imprisonment in excess of one year.". (b) After entry into force of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977— 22 USC 3852. (1) all prisoners imprisoned in United States prisons pursuant to contracts entered into pursuant io subsection (c) of section 6503 of title 6 of the Canal Zone Code, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, shall be committed to the custody of the Attorney General as if committed in accordance with part III of title 18, United States Code; (2) all persons convicted of offenses in the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, and sentenced to terms of imprisonment of one year or less, shall be committed to the custody of the Commission; and (3) the Commission shall prescribe, and from time to time may amend, regulations providing for the management of prisoners in the jails located in the areas and installations made available

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