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-426§ 403. Practice of law by unauthorized person (a) Whoever, not being a member of the bar in good standing, practices law, or advertises or represents himself as practicing or entitled to practice law, in any court of the Canal Zone, other than for himself, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not a^ply to nonresident attorneys who are specially admitted to participate in particular cases. CHAPTER 19—BIGAMY 8ec. 431. Bigamy defined and punished; prouf. 432. Exceptions. 433. Marrying siwase of another.

§ 431. Bigamy defined and punished; proof (a) Whoever, having a husband or wife living, marries another person, commits bigamy, and shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. (b) Upon a trial for bigamy it is not necessary to prove either of the marriages by the register, certificate or other record evidence thereof, but either may be proved by such evidence as is admissible to prove a marriage; nor when and where the second marriage took place, proof of the fact, accompanied with proof of cohabitation thereafter in the Canal Zone, being sufficient to sustain the charge. § 432. Exceptions Section 431 of this title does not extend to: (1) a person by reason of a former marriage whose husband or wife by the former marriage has been absent for five successive years without being known to that person within that time to be living; or (2) a person by reason of a former marriage which has been pronounced void, annulled or dissolved by the judgment of a competent court. § 433. Marrying spouse of another Whoever knowingly and willfully marries the husband or wife of another person, in a case in which the husband or wife would be punishable under the provisions of this chapter, shall be fined not more than $3,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than three years, or both. CHAPTER 21—BRIBERY AND GRAFT Sec. 461. 462. 463. 464. 465. 466.

Offer to procure appointive public office. Acceptance or solicitation to obtain appointive public office. Giving or offering bribe to Judicial officer, juror, etc. Solicitation or acceptance of bribe by judicial officer, juror, etc. Solicitation or acceptance of reward, etc., by judicial officer. Solicitation or acceptance, by judicial officer, of fees of stenographer or reporter. 467. Stenographer or reporter offering or paying fees for appointment. 468. Offering or giving bribe to witness. 469. Solicitation or acceptance of bribe by witness.

§ 461. Offer to procure appointive public office Section 214 of Title 18, United States Code, applies in the Canal Zone; and, for the purposes of this section, the term "United States", as used in section 214 of Title 18, United States Code, includes the Canal Zone Government, the Panama Canal Company, and any other agency or instrumentality of the United States operating in the Canal Zone.