(a) No person shall be a volunteer member of the Civilian Volunteer Police Reserve 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 this Territory or the overthrow of any government in the United States by force, or who has been convicted of or is under indictment or information charging any subversive act against the United States.

(b) Every volunteer shall, entering upon his duties, take an oath, in writing, before a person authorized to administer oaths in this Territory, which oath shall be substantially as follows:

“”I , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the laws of the territory of Guam, against all enemies, foreign or domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter and I do further swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of this Territory by force or violence; and that during such time as I am a member of the Civil- ian Volunteer Police Reserve I will not advocate nor become a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of this Territory by force or violence.””

SOURCE: GC § 8965, as repealed and reenacted by P.L. 13-140 (Mar. 3,
1976).

2017 NOTE: Subsection designations added pursuant to the authority of 1
GCA § 1606.