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Court Rules
  • Supreme Court Rules of Procedure (2018)
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  • Trust Territory Code, 1980, on the CNMI Law Revision Commission site
Customary Law and Language Resources
  • A. Kabua, Customary Titles and Inherent Rights
  • J. A. Tobin, Land Tenure in the Marshall Islands
  • A. Spoehr, Majuro, A Village in the Marshall Islands
  • K. Stege, R. Maetala, A. Naupa, J. Simo, and E. Huffer, Land and Women: The Matrilineal Factor
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Public Laws Pending Codification

The following are public laws that although approved by the Nitijela have not as yet been codified. See the Disclaimer page.

Users may utilize these public laws as a research tool, but should check the Nitijela’s website to determine if the statute in which they are interested in has been amended.

Below are the 2022 public laws that have yet to be codified.

  • P.L. 2022-42 Auditor General’s Compensation (Amendment) Act 2021
  • P.L. 2022-43 State-Owned Enterprises (Amendment) Act, 2022
  • P.L. 2022-44 Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2022
  • P.L. 2022-45 Criminal Code (Amendment) Act 2022
  • P.L. 2022-46 Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority (Amendment) Act 2022
  • P.L. 2022-49 Labor (Collective Bargaining) Relations Act 2022
  • P.L. 2022-50 Decentralized Autonomous Organization Act 2022
  • P.L. 2022-51 Child Rights Protection (Amendment) Act 2022
  • P.L. 2022-52 Judiciary (Amendment) Act 2022
  • P.L. 2022-53 Historic Preservation (Amendment) Act 2022
  • P.L. 2022-54 Judicial Compensation (Amendment) Act 2022
  • P.L. 2022-55 Local Government (Amendment) Act 2022
  • P.L. 2022-56 Marshall Islands Resilience and Adaptation Trust Fund Act 2022

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