EEarsocIPSTie! vt stablish his place a specified area for a period not num period of nay be imposed € of the other f may any court a penalty for a | any part of a iment is gtanting sus. the regularly does, wh A Bey acts are approved by the distri may hereafter be, changed by the administrators or otherwise confirmepxpress Writtenenact rte actment made under as law as may be provided by chartg@he authority or the laws and regulations of ¢ Trust Territory, (f) dul The traditional customary patterns, y enacte Municipal Ordinances, (g) loca l custo native law and customs of the various when not in conflict with appl icableMistricts and islands in the vemitory Statutes, and (h) common law. b ave been subjected to study an vestigation. Background papers on Section 436 of the Trust Territor Ruch subjects as the land tenure pat- Code further requires that, in imposin;Merns of the various districts, marriage Sentences under Chapter 6 ofthe Coc concerning crimes and criminal Pro cedures, due recognition shall be give ea v ys a Re Ga Ap ete. bh E sale ; a“2b. fearPT be Oe ie omePen << bt, ‘a He eee oAoFsche asta Bat ML Mege customs, political power structure, and political factionalism have been prepared at different times by various researchers. All these reports, manuscripts, booklets, and handbooks have provided reference material i use by Land Management personnel, by district administrators, by Per sonnel of the Legal Department, ane by members of the court system an the Congress. of suspension. sidence require| and remaining io the customs of inhabitants ‘Members and staff of the Truk District Legislature Crust Territory accordanc in front of their new legislative building. e with the TrusteeshigeFoose ° 2r10d. Deporta- Agreem ent. The penalty for any acg - the Territory which is made a crime sol ely byfi of the High generally respected native cus tom shal committing of not exc eed a fine of $100, or ¢ 1€ is naturally months imprisonment, or both : n in the exer- (Section 434, Trust Territory Code) BUILDING iS ATURE ra ae The recognized Customary law of the various island groups , atolls, and districts of the Territory in matters where applicable as det ermined by the cou rts, has the full force and eff ect off law NS applicable ffect in the n Section 20 ’ Code, as No. 2-15 of the Trusteelaws of the their own F , provided such Custom ary law jg not in conflict with the written body, of laws enumerated und er Section 20 of the Trust Territory Code. Section 22 of the Code Provid es that the common law, aS expres sed jn the Restatements of the Law app roved b the American Law Inst itute, and to’ the extent not so expres sed, as generally understood and app lied in the| United States, shall be the rules of B Territory, decision in the courts ers of the d Orders of or, (c) laws ast District Tictadmin¥Y District rictadmintive bodies ited by the hen these of the Territory’ in the absence of applicabl e statute or IF local cus tomary law to the contra ry. One important limitatio n to the appiication of common law appears in Section 24 which provides that the law concerning Ownership, use, inherit- ance, and transfer of land in effect in any part of the Territory on December 1, 1941, shall remain in full force and effe ct except insofar as it has bee n, or Part V—Political Adv ancement 35 Fiscal Year 1968 Sprag, RE steddlaaitien teiabeedtaatmnaton aan . aoaEE TORR SE . “APE A Re ” sen ee SE . .