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 98 STAT. 1744

PUBLIC LAW 98-454—OCT. 5, 1984

and until made so applicable by laws enacted by the Legislature of Guam, and except further". TITLE IX NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

Crimes and misdemeanors. Courts, U.S. 48 USC 1681 note. 18 USC 3001; 28

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SEC. 901. Section 1 of the Act of November 8, 1977 (91 Stat. 1265, 48 U.S.C. 1694) is amended by— (a) substituting in subsection (b)(1) the words "for a term of ten years" for "for a term of eight years"; (b) inserting in subsection (b)(2) between the words "President" and "or", the words "or a recalled senior judge of the District Court of Guam or of the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands"; and (c) substituting the following for subsection (c): "Where appropriate, and except as otherwise provided in articles IV and V of the Covenant approved by the Act of March 24, 1976 (90 Stat. 263), the provisions of part II of title 18 and of titles 28, United States Code, the rules of practice and procedure heretofore or hereafter promulgated and made effective by the Congress or the Supreme Court of the United States pursuant to titles 11,18, and 28, United States Code, shall apply to the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands and appeals therefrom; except that the terms 'Attorney for the government' and 'United States attorney', as used in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall, when applicable to cases arising under the laws of the Northern Mariana Islands, include the Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands or such other person or persons as may be authorized by the laws of the Northern Mariana Islands to act therein.". SEC. 902. Section 2(a) of the Act of November 8, 1977 (91 Stat. 1266; 48 U.S.C. 1694a(a)), is amended to read as follows: "(a) The District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands shall have the jurisdiction of a District Court of the United States, including, but not limited to, the diversity jurisdiction provided for in section 1332 of title 28, United States Code, and that of a bankruptcy court of the United States.". SEC. 903. Section 3 of the Act of November 8, 1977 (91 Stat. 1266; 48 U.S.C. 1694b) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. (a) Prior to the establishment of an appellate court for the Northern Mariana Islands the district court shall have such appellate jurisdiction over the courts established by the Constitution or laws of the Northern Mariana Islands as the Constitution and laws of the Northern Mariana Islands provide, except that such Constitution and laws may not preclude the review of any judgment or order which involves the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, including the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America (90 Stat. 263) (hereinafter referred to as 'Covenant'), or any authority exercised thereunder by an officer or agency of the Government of the United States, or the conformity of any law enacted by the legislature of the Northern Mariana Islands or of any orders or regulations issued or actions taken by the executive branch of the government of the Northern Mariana Islands with the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, including the

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