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48 USC § 1423f - Qualifications of members

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identifier: "/us/usc/t48/s1423f"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "48 USC § 1423f - Qualifications of members"
title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
section_number: "1423f"
section_name: "Qualifications of members"
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "GUAM"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "THE LEGISLATURE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 16, 64 Stat. 388.)"
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# § 1423f. Qualifications of members

No person shall sit in the legislature who is not a citizen of the United States, who has not attained the age of twenty-five years and who has not been domiciled in Guam for at least five years immediately preceding the sitting of the legislature in which he seeks to qualify as a member, or who has been convicted of a felony or of a crime involving moral turpitude and has not received a pardon restoring his civil rights.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 16, 64 Stat. 388.)