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1 GCA § 25.07: Reporting Requirements.

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  1. Title 1: General Provisions
  2. Chapter 25: Guam Criminal Law and Procedure Review Commission

(a) Progress Reports. The Commission shall submit progress reports to the Chief Justice, I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan, and the Speaker of I Liheslaturan Guåhan each quarter; and these reports shall be a summary of Commission activities during the prior quarter.

(b) Final Report. The Commission shall submit comprehensive criminal code reform recommendations as required by § 25.03(c) of this Chapter, which shall include proposed legislation for the revision of Title 8 and Title 9 of the GCA, and other provisions in the statutory code relating to criminal law and procedure. The report and proposed legislation should:

(1) use clear and plain language;

(2) apply consistent definitions;

(3) describe all elements, including mental states, that must be proven;

(4) reduce unnecessary overlap and gaps between criminal offenses;

(5) eliminate archaic and unused offenses;

(6) adjust penalties, fines, and the gradation of offenses to provide for proportionate penalties;

(7) organize existing criminal statutes in a logical order;

(8) identify any crimes defined in common law that should be codified, and propose recommended language for codification;

(9) identify criminal statutes held to be unconstitutional and recommend their removal or amendment;

(10) propose such other amendments as the Commission believes are necessary; and

(11) articulate specific steps for implementing the recommendations.

Collected 2026-09-27T02:07:18Z. Source file · JSON

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