Schedule of Transitional Matters, Northern Mariana Islands Constitution

Northern Mariana Islands Constitution
Preamble
Articles
I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • IX • X • XI • XII • XIII • XIV • XV • XVI • XVII • XVIII • XIX • XX • XXI • XXII
Schedule

Schedule of Transitional Matters of the Northern Mariana Islands Constitution consists of 15 sections.

Section 1

	Text of Section 1: “ Effective Date of Constitution. ”

Section 2

	Text of Section 2: “ Continuity of Laws. Laws in force in the Northern Mariana Islands on the day preceding the effective date of the Constitution that are consistent with the Constitution and the Covenant shall continue in force until they expire or are amended or repealed. ”

Section 3

	Text of Section 3: “ Continuity of Government Employment and Operations. ”

Section 4

	Text of Section 4: “ Continuity of Judicial Matters. ”

Section 5

	Text of Section 5: “ Continuity of Legislative Matters. ”

Section 6

Text of Section 6: “ Continuity of Corporations and Licenses. Corporations incorporated or qualified to do business in the Northern Mariana Islands on the effective date of the Constitution shall continue to be incorporated or qualified until provided otherwise by law. Licenses in effect in the Northern Mariana Islands on the effective date of the Constitution shall continue in effect until provided otherwise by law except that no license possessed by a land surveyor, ship officer, health professional or a practicing trial assistant may be amended or revoked except for incompetence or unethical conduct. ”

Section 7

Text of Section 7: “ Statutes of Limitations. The legislature shall study whether to repeal a statute of limitations currently in force in the Commonwealth with respect to land in order for the Commonwealth to provide compensation for past transactions. If a statute is repealed after study, the compensation provided by the Commonwealth shall be limited to priority with respect to the distribution of public lands and shall not affect a right in property that vested under the repealed statute of limitations. ”

Section 8

	Text of Section 8: “ Interim Definition of Citizenship. ”

Section 9

	Text of Section 9: “ Commonwealth. ”

Section 10

	Text of Section 10: “ Elections. ”

Section 11

	Text of Section 11: “ Saipan Election Districts. ”

Section 12

	Text of Section 12: “ Commencement of Terms. ”

Section 13

	Text of Section 13: “ Succession. As of the effective date of the Constitution the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall succeed to all rights and obligations of the previous Government of the Northern Mariana Islands. ”

Section 14

	Text of Section 14: “ Approval of Constitution by the United States. ”

Section 15

	Text of Section 15: “ Approval of Amendments to the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands. ”

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

• Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Constitution