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[CITE: 48USC731b]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                         CHAPTER 4--PUERTO RICO
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 731b. Organization of a government pursuant to a 
        constitution
        
    Fully recognizing the principle of government by consent, sections 
731b to 731e of this title are now adopted in the nature of a compact so 
that the people of Puerto Rico may organize a government pursuant to a 
constitution of their own adoption.

(July 3, 1950, ch. 446, Sec. 1, 64 Stat. 319.)

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of the Puerto Rican Federal 
Relations Act which comprises this chapter.


                                 Repeals

    Section 6 of act July 3, 1950 provided that: ``All laws or parts of 
laws inconsistent with this Act [enacting sections 731b to 731e of this 
title] are hereby repealed.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 731c, 731d of this title.
