{"data":{"id":"us-gu/10-gca-65119","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"10 GCA § 65119","heading":"Personnel: Eligibility and Oath.","body":"No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in any civil defense organization established under this Chapter who advocates a change by force or violence in the constitutional form of the Government of the United States or in Guam or the overthrow of any government in the United States by force or violence, or who has been convicted of or is under indictment or information charging any subversive act against the United States. Each person who is appointed to serve in any organization for civil defense, shall, before entering upon his duties, take an oath, in writing, before a person authorized to administer oaths in Guam, which oath shall be substantially as follows:\n“I __________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the\nConstitution of the United States and the laws of Guam, against all enemies, foreign and domestic;\nthat I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any\nmental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties\nupon which I am about to enter.\nAnd I do further swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any political party\nor organization that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of Guam\nby force or violence; and that during such time as I am a member of the (insert name of the Guam\nCivil Defense Agency) I will not advocate nor become a member of any political party or\norganization that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of Guam by\nforce or violence.”","path":["Title 10: Health and Safety","Division 3 - Public Safety","Chapter 65: Civil Defense"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/10gc065.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T03:04:28Z","sha256":"12aa56ef3ce2f6f374215a19e704fad3366d2a7cebcadb1232905e114602e64b","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/10-gca-65118","next":"us-gu/10-gca-65120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}