48 USC § 1825 - Effective date

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identifier: "/us/usc/t48/s1825"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "48 USC § 1825 - Effective date"
title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
section_number: "1825"
section_name: "Effective date"
chapter_number: 17
chapter_name: "NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "JUDICIAL MATTERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–157, § 5, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1267.)"
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# § 1825. Effective date

This subchapter shall come into force upon its approval or at the time proclaimed by the President for the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands to become effective, whichever is the later date.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–157, § 5, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1267.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to .

## Executive Documents

### Effective Date of Constitution

For provisions of proclamation of President relating to effective date for Constitution of Northern Mariana Islands, see Proc. No. 4534, , 42 F.R. 56593, set out as a note under .