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[CITE: 48USC1421b]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                            CHAPTER 8A--GUAM
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1421b. Bill of rights

    (a) No law shall be enacted in Guam respecting an establishment of 
religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the 
freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably 
to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of their 
grievances.
    (b) No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house, 
without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to 
be prescribed by law.
    (c) The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, 
papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall 
not be violated; and no warrant for arrest or search shall issue but 
upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly 
describing the place to be searched and the person or things to be 
seized.
    (d) No person shall be subject for the same offense to be twice put 
in jeopardy of punishment; nor shall he be compelled in any criminal 
case to be a witness against himself.
    (e) No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property 
without due process of law.
    (f) Private property shall not be taken for public use without just 
compensation.
    (g) In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to 
a speedy and public trial; to be informed of the nature and cause of the 
accusation and to have a copy thereof; to be confronted with the 
witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining 
witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his 
defense.
    (h) Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines 
imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
    (i) Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a 
punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, 
shall exist in Guam.
    (j) No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the 
obligation of contracts shall be enacted.
    (k) No person shall be imprisoned for debt.
    (l) The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be 
suspended, unless, when in cases of rebellion or invasion or imminent 
danger thereof, the public safety shall require it.
    (m) No qualification with respect to property, income, political 
opinion, or any other matter apart from citizenship, civil capacity, and 
residence shall be imposed upon any voter.
    (n) No discrimination shall be made in Guam against any person on 
account of race, language, or religion, nor shall the equal protection 
of the laws be denied.
    (o) No person shall be convicted of treason against the United 
States unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, 
or on confession in open court.
    (p) No public money or property shall ever be appropriated, 
supplied, donated, or used, directly or indirectly, for the use, 
benefit, or support of any sect, church, denomination, sectarian 
institution, or association, or system of religion, or for the use, 
benefit, or support of any priest, preacher, minister, or other 
religious teacher or dignitary as such.
    (q) The employment of children under the age of fourteen years in 
any occupation injurious to health or morals or hazardous to life or 
limb is hereby prohibited.
    (r) There shall be compulsory education for all children, between 
the ages of six and sixteen years.
    (s) No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to 
any office or public trust under the government of Guam.
    (t) No person who advocates, or who aids or belongs to any party, 
organization, or association which advocates, the overthrow by force or 
violence of the government of Guam or of the United States shall be 
qualified to hold any public office of trust or profit under the 
government of Guam.
    (u) The following provisions of and amendments to the Constitution 
of the United States are hereby extended to Guam to the extent that they 
have not been previously extended to that territory and shall have the 
same force and effect there as in the United States or in any State of 
the United States: article I, section 9, clauses 2 and 3; article IV, 
section 1 and section 2, clause 1; the first to ninth amendments 
inclusive; the thirteenth amendment; the second sentence of section 1 of 
the fourteenth amendment; and the fifteenth and nineteenth amendments.
    All laws enacted by Congress with respect to Guam and all laws 
enacted by the territorial legislature of Guam which are inconsistent 
with the provisions of this subsection are repealed to the extent of 
such inconsistency.

(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, Sec. 5, 64 Stat. 385; Pub. L. 90-497, Sec. 10, 
Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 847.)


                               Amendments

    1968--Subsec. (u). Pub. L. 90-497 added subsec. (u).


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Section 10 of Pub. L. 90-497 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.


                            Cross References

    Advocating overthrow of government, penalty for, see section 2385 of 
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
