PUBLIC LAW 98-454—OCT. 5, 1984
98 STAT. 1743
to time pursuant to section 24 of this Act: Provided, That no more than one of them may be a judge of a court of record of Guam. The concurrence of two judges shall be necessary to any decision of the appellate division of the district court on the merits of an appeal, but the presiding judge alone may make any appropriate orders with respect to an appeal prior to the hearing and determination thereof on the merits and may dismiss an appeal for want of jurisdiction or failure to take or prosecute it in accordance with the applicable law or rules of procedure. "(c) The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit shall have jurisdiction of appeals from all final decisions of the appellate division of the district court. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit shall have jurisdiction to promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection. "(d) Upon the establishment of the appellate court provided for in section 22A(a) of this Act all appeals from the decisions of the local courts not previously taken must be taken to the appellate court. The establishment of that appellate court shall not result in the loss of jurisdiction of the appellate division of the district court over any appeal then pending in it. The rulings of the appellate division of the district court on such appeals may be reviewed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and in the Supreme Court notwithstanding the establishment of the appellate court. "SEC. 22D. Where appropriate, the provisions of part II of title 18 and of title 28, United States Code, and notwithstanding the provision in rule 54(a) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure relating to the prosecution of criminal offenses on Guam by information, 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 of Guam 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 Guam, including the Guam Territorial income tax, mean the Attorney General of Guam or such other person or persons as may be authorized by the laws of Guam to act therein.". SEC. 802. Section 24 of the Organic Act of Guam, as amended (64 Stat. 390; 48 U.S.C. 1424b), is amended, by: (a) substituting in the first paragraph of subsection (a) the words "for the term of ten years" for "for a term of eight years"; (b) substituting in the second paragraph of subsection (a) the words "a local court of record" for "the Island Court of Guam"; (c) inserting in the second paragraph of subsection (a) between the words "ninth circuit" and "or" the words "or a recalled senior judge of the District Court of Guam or of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands"; (d) substituting in subsection (b) the numbers "35" and "37" for "31" and "33", respectively; and (e) deleting subsection (c) SEC. 803. Section 1 of the Act of August 27, 1954 (68 Stat. 882), is amended by repealing that portion which reads: "that no provisions of any such rules which authorize or require trial by jury or the prosecution of offenses by indictment by a grand jury instead of by information shall be applicable to the District Court of Guam unless
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Ante, p. 1742.
Crimes and misdemeanors. 48 USC 1424-4. 18 USC 3001. 28 USC 501. 18 USC app.
18 USC app.
Law enforcement. 48 USC 1424.
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