Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73not60
§1421c Certain Laws Continued in Force; Modification or Repeal of Laws
Title 48 › Chapter 8A— GUAM › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1421c
Summary
Keeps the laws of Guam that were in effect on August 1, 1950, unless this chapter changed them. Those laws stay valid, but the U.S. Congress or the Guam Legislature can change or cancel them. Any Guam law that clashes with this chapter is void only in the part that conflicts. Subsection (b) was repealed by Pub. L. 90–497, § 7, on Sept. 11, 1968 (82 Stat. 847).
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Title 48, §1421c
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(a)The laws of Guam in force on August 1, 1950, except as amended by this chapter, are continued in force, subject to modification or repeal by the Congress of the United States or the Legislature of Guam, and all laws of Guam inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter are repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
(b)Repealed. Pub. L. 90–497, § 7, Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 847.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1968—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90–497 repealed subsec. (b) which prohibited the application to Guam of laws of the United States not specifically made applicable to Guam and established a commission to determine which laws were applicable to Guam and which were not.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1968 Amendment Pub. L. 90–497, § 7, Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 847, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective on date of enactment of Pub. L. 90–497, which was approved Sept. 11, 1968.
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Citation
48 U.S.C. § 1421c
Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60