Fourth Regular ule right of appeal of the High Court y district court on in of law. On and zisions of the Trial th Court may be dellate Division in the jurisdiction of an aS enumerated te Division may , review on appeal *t or community fing the construcany law of the ny written enactboard, or body in led to have the notice of appeal 1 30 days after decision or withot exceeding 120 fied by the court f the Trial Divi- : which are made her present nor 1 of the High record all final ‘ourts and comument, divorce, Which no appeal it may, in its the record any f a district or hich no appeal drt acting on an the power to ide, or reverse appealed from mand the case "a new trial or may be just. vernment has appealed in a criminal case, the oam may not reverse any finding of eyes ry travel), for a writ of (the guilty and its powers are limited } ; veut ind the subsequent sale of reversal of any determination ofj ) B . erving the process plus $5 ted lec col idity of the enactment involved. Bore oo unounts above $30 for seized Bete ale). und for caring e, and abl son rea l, tua fac Disputed facts are aSCertagy; opel f. Ses PULI ON dis mes primarily from oral testimony witnesses and from exhibits. Wile deemed helpful to the conduct of B Wireses are entitled to receive, case, the court may also go to { anil .y Uranixportauon 1s provided at no Scene of an incident having a beaggeOS' | the witness, certain travel : on the case, giving both sides = penises at the rate of 3¢ a ; male, or j Opportunity preva : 7More previ lll transportation costs to reconstruct an < e haste: PE a witness is required to attention to4 evidence. With the perm sion of the court written de positig Btay away trom his place of work or may be used by the accused. gidence Tor more than one day, the criminal cases or by either side ind Bourn! may determine the amount cases. As a rule, pretrial confereng reasonable to cover his subsistence are held in civil cases by other disty, Bceds. Except us specified in Section courts and the Trial Division of Mo? of when suitable subsistence 1s High Court to determinetheissues g erovided without expense to the reach agreement on as many facts] Svitness, tees are to be paid in advance. possible. Section 262 of the Code provides any court may authorize that Fees q ; ommencement of proceedings ofcivil a Fand criminal cases and appeals without Clerks of courts ch collemeprepayiierl arge and , ire . oO | fees if the Jperson is 'a civil actions, Mepenanent resident of the Trust Terricopies of certified true records, metory and swears under oath that he trans fees for filin 8 in . cripts of evidence and notes ’ hearing, and for recording land trag Beunnol pay the fees or give security for them (alse provides that in a crim fers. Filing fees Court. The fee for more than 5 years. The Public De- fender and Counselor has a local representative in each district who acts as counsel for the accused who desire assistance in cases less serious than those aided by the Public Defender himself. In four districts this local representative also has an assistant. The Public Defender and his district representative are available, so far as their primary duties will permit, to provide legal aid and assistance to all persons unable to secure adequate counsel without undue hardship. Penalties Penalties for principal crimes remain the same as set forth in Chap- ter 6 of the Trust Territory Code. These are based primarily on American precedents. Under Section 7 of the Code, all sections of the population are assured equal protection of the law. Only maximum penalties are prescribed by the Code, except for murder: district laws and municipal ordinances which authorize criminal penalties for their violation generally provide maximum penalties. Thus, the of courts are permitted wide discretion in fitting the punishment to the circumstances of the particular case. @that the court may order that the fees HigMe be paid in the same manner as those of The Territory’s Bill of Rights provides that no crime shall be punished in civil actions rang from 25¢ for filing of complaig e nil case the under the smail claims procedure, BEgurninoned $5 for filing of notice of appeal: Efees if the the Appellate Division of the possible sentence of imprisonment for court may have a witness without prepayment accused su requests, and 4 copy of a record certified to be a true copy 4 Beg witness summoned on behalf of the eB Goverument. 25¢ plus 10¢ for each 100 words afta the first 100. The fee for transcripts evidence or notes of hearing is 25¢ pie‘ Legal Aid 100 words for three copies. The fa A Pubhe ODelender and Counselor, for the recording of land transfers powilh fieadquarters in) the Mariana 50¢, except when the Trust Territof e Istands District, is on the staff of the is the grantor, in which case there is E Tru.t lemitory Government lo serve charge. - Peas counsel tor accused persons who B desice fis assistance. Primary responsiSheriffs are entitled to collect feg bihue. ot representation are for those for the serving of process ($1 plus 3¢@ chared with crimes mvolving a Part V—Political Advancemem™ by death, no excessive fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishments inflicted. Punishments most often prescribed are imprisonment for a stated time (all or part of which may be suspended on such conditions as the court deems proper), fines, or unpaid labor on public projects. Corporal punishment is not permitted. The High Court may, in lieu of or in addition to other lawful punishment, direct that a person found guilty 33 Biscat Year LYok eT ee e 4 “a: ribing the rights of *n drafted for con-ongress of Micro-