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§1311 Model Code

Title 25 › Chapter 15— CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF INDIANS › Subchapter II— MODEL CODE GOVERNING COURTS OF INDIAN OFFENSES › § 1311

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must recommend to Congress by July 1, 1968 a model code for how courts of Indian offenses should operate on Indian reservations. The code must make sure people tried in those courts get the same constitutional rights as a U.S. citizen tried in federal court for a similar crime, be told their rights under the U.S. Constitution and any applicable tribal constitution, set proper qualifications for judges, and provide training classes for those judges. The Secretary must consult with Indians, Indian tribes, and relevant federal agencies while doing this.

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Title 25, §1311

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to recommend to the Congress, on or before July 1, 1968, a model code to govern the administration of justice by courts of Indian offenses on Indian reservations. Such code shall include provisions which will (1) assure that any individual being tried for an offense by a court of Indian offenses shall have the same rights, privileges, and immunities under the United States Constitution as would be guaranteed any citizen of the United States being tried in a Federal court for any similar offense, (2) assure that any individual being tried for an offense by a court of Indian offenses will be advised and made aware of his rights under the United States Constitution, and under any tribal constitution applicable to such individual, (3) establish proper qualifications for the office of judge of the court of Indian offenses, and (4) provide for the establishing of educational classes for the training of judges of courts of Indian offenses. In carrying out the provisions of this subchapter, the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the Indians, Indian tribes, and interested agencies of the United States.

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25 U.S.C. § 1311

Title 25 — Indians

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60