of a criminal offense establish his place of residence within a specified area and maintain it there for a period not exceeding the maximum period of imprisonment which may be imposed for the offense. None of the other courts may do this nor may any court impose deportation as a penalty for a crime. However, when any part of a sentence of imprisonment is suspended, the court granting the suspension may, and regularly does, impose conditions of suspension. These may include a residence requirement or departing from and remaining thereafter outside the Trust Territory during the suspension period. Deportation of non-citizens of the Territory rests in the discretion of the High Commissioner, and the committing of serious or repeated crime is naturally to be considered by him in the exercise of that discretion. acts are approved by the « administrators or otherwise con as law as may be provided by ¢ or the laws and regulations « Trust Territory, (f) duly e1 Municipal Ordinances, (g) local c when not in conflict with app! statutes, and (h) common law. Section 436 of the Trust Ter Code further requires that, in im} sentences under Chapter 6 of the concerning crimes and crimina. cedures, due recognition shall be to the customs of inhabitan accordance with the Truste Agreement. The penalty for an which is made a crime solel: generally respected native custom not exceed a fine of $100, months imprisonment, or (Section 434, Trust Territory C The recognized customary la‘ the various island groups, atolls. Chapter 9 LEGAL SYSTEM The basic body of laws applicable and having force and effect in the Trust Territory is found in Section 20 of the Trust Territory Code, as amended by Public Law No. 2-15 of 1966. These laws are: (a) the Trusteeship Agreement, (b) such laws of the United States as are by their own terms applicable to the Territory, including Executive Orders of the United States President and Orders of the Secretary of the Interior, (c) laws of the Trust Territory, (d) past District Orders promulgated by district administrators, and Emergency District Orders promulgated by district administrators, (e) acts of legislative bodies convened under charter granted by the Territorial Government when these 34 districts of the Territory in ma where applicable as determined by courts, has the full force and effe. law, provided such customary la not in conflict with the written t of laws enumerated under Sectior of the Trust Territory Code. Sec 22 of the Code provides that common law, as expressed in Restatements of the Law approvec the American Law Institute, and the extent not so expressed, as ge: ally understood and applied in United States, shall be the rules decision in the courts of the Territ: in the absence of applicable statute local customary law to the contra One important limitation to the ap; cation of common law appears Section 24 which provides that the | concerning ownership, use, inhe: ance, and transfer of land in effect any part of the Territory on Decemt 1, 1941, shall remain in full force ar effect except insofar as it has been, Part V—Political Advanceme! : 4 ~/;,