48 U.S.C. § 874: Judicial process; officials to be citizens of United States; oath
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
- CHAPTER 4—PUERTO RICO
All judicial process shall run in the name of “United States of America, ss, the President of the United States”, and all penal or criminal prosecutions in the local courts shall be conducted in the name and by the authority of “The People of Puerto Rico.” All officials shall be citizens of the United States, and, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the laws of Puerto Rico.
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