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Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 4 - PUERTO RICO (§§ 731 - 916)
Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 731 - 755)
Section 731b - Organization of a government pursuant to a constitution
GENERAL PROVISIONS - 48 U.S.C. § 731b (2012)
§731b. Organization of a government pursuant to a constitution
Fully recognizing the principle of government by consent, sections 731b to 731e of this title are now adopted in the nature of a compact so that the people of Puerto Rico may organize a government pursuant to a constitution of their own adoption.
(July 3, 1950, ch. 446, §1, 64 Stat. 319.)
CodificationSection was not enacted as part of the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act which comprises this chapter.
RepealsAct July 3, 1950, ch. 446, §6, 64 Stat. 320, provided that: “All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this Act [enacting sections 731b to 731e of this title] are hereby repealed.”
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