The following transitional provisions shall remain in effect
until their terms have been executed. Once each year the
attorney general shall review the following provisions and
certify to the governor which have been executed. Any provisions
so certified shall be removed from this Schedule and no
longer published as an attachment to the Constitution.
Section 1: Effective Date of Constitution. [Certified
as executed November 28, 1983.]
Source: Original provision, unaltered
(ratified 1977, effective 1978).
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in force until they expire or are amended or repealed.
Source: Original provision, unaltered
(ratified 1977, effective 1978).
Case Annotations: Commonwealth v. Kaipat,
2 N.M.I. 322--330; In re Seman, 3 N.M.I. 57--69; Commonwealth
v. Lizama, 3 N.M.I. 400--406, 416, aff'd, 27 F.3d 444
(9th Cir. 1994).
Section 3: Continuity of Government Employment
and Operations. [Certified as executed November 28, 1983.]
Source: Original provision, unaltered
(ratified 1977, effective 1978).
Section 4: Continuity of Judicial Matters. [Certified
as executed June 14, 1994.]
Source: Original provision, unaltered
(ratified 1977, effective 1978).
Section 5: Continuity of Legislative Matters.
[Certified as executed November 28, 1983.]
Source: Original provision, unaltered
(ratified 1977, effective 1978).
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.
Source: Original provision, unaltered
(ratified 1977, effective 1978).
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is repealed after study, the compensation provided by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.
Source: Original provision, unaltered
(ratified 1977, effective 1978).
Case Annotations: Apatang v. Marianas
Pub. Land Corp., 1 N.M.I. 140--148, 149, 156, 157; Rios
v. Marianas Pub. Land Corp., 3 N.M.I. 512--521.
Section 8: Interim Definition of Citizenship.
[Certified as executed June 14, 1994.]
Source: Original provision, unaltered
(ratified 1977, effective 1978).
Commission Comment: Second Constitutional
Convention Amendment 44, ratified in 1985, purported to
revise this provision. That amendment was ruled invalid
as an ultra vires act in Pangelinan v. Commonwealth, Civ.
No. 85-022 (N.M.I. Dist. Ct. Feb. 13, 1986) (Opinion,
Judgment and Order). See also Taguchi v. Commonwealth,
2 CR 518 (Dist. Ct. 1986).
Section 9: Commonwealth. [Certified as executed
June 14, 1994.]
Source: Original provision, unaltered
(ratified 1977, effective 1978).
Section 10: Elections. [Certified as executed
November 28, 1983.]
Source: Original provision, unaltered
(ratified 1977, effective 1978).
Section 11: Saipan Election Districts. [Repealed
by PL 3-78, § 2.]
Source: Original provision, unaltered
(ratified 1977, effective 1978).
Section 12: Commencement of Terms. [Certified
as executed November 28, 1983.]
Source: Original provision, unaltered
(ratified 1977, effective 1978).
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.
Source: Original provision, unaltered
(ratified 1977, effective 1978).
Section 14: Approval of Constitution by the United
States. [Certified as executed November 28, 1983.]
Source: Original provision, unaltered
(ratified 1977, effective 1978).
Section 15: Approval of Amendments to the Constitution
of the Northern Mariana Islands. [Certified as executed
January 7, 1986.]
Source: Original provision, unaltered
(ratified 1977, effective 1978).
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