(1) The Guam Code Annotated shall be the publication of the permanent codes of Guam and the publications thereof, when certified by the Compiler of Laws, shall be legal evidence of the laws contained therein;

(2) Electronic publications authorized and certified by the Compiler of Laws shall have the same validity as paper publications of the same or similar subject matter.

(3) Public Laws, which may be found in the Office of the Governor, the Office of the Speaker of the Legislature, the Office of Compiler of Laws (commencing with the laws of the 13th Guam Legislature), and any other location declared an official depository by the laws of Guam. Copies contained in the above shall be legal evidence of the laws contained therein;

(4) Commencing with the 13th Guam Legislature, the Session Laws as published by the Compiler of Laws, which publication contains the laws of the stated Legislature, the Resolutions passed by it and the Executive Orders of the Governor promulgated during its term. The Session Laws shall be legal evidence of the laws and Executive Orders contained therein;

(5) The Current Laws published by the Compiler of Laws, containing the Laws of Guam and Executive Orders of the Governor promulgated during the term of the sitting Legislature. The current edition of the Current Laws shall be legal evidence of the laws and Executive Orders contained therein and shall continue to be used as a supplement to the Guam Codes Annotated between supplements thereto;

(b) If there is shown to be a difference, not permitted by this Code, in contents between the Public Laws described in subsection (3), above, and any of the laws described in subsections (1), (2), (4) and (5) above, the Public Laws shall take precedence.

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1 Guam Code Ann. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CH. 1 THE LAWS OF GUAM

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 15-104:1 (Mar. 5, 1980). Amended by P.L. 27-
077:4 (Apr. 26, 2004) to add subsections (1) and (2), renumber existing sections, and amend the corresponding references in subsection (b).

2014 NOTE: As added by P.L. 15-104:1, this section included subsection
(4) which stated:

4. The publications of the Criminal & Correctional Code and the Criminal Procedure Code, together with supplements thereto, shall be legal evidence of the law of this Territory as of the day following the last day of the Session fo the Legislature preceeding the year in which the supplements are published.

This subsection (4) had been deleted in prior publications of the GCA by the former Compiler of Laws, in light of the enactment of the Criminal Procedure Code as Title 8, GCA and the Criminal and Correctional Code as Title 9, GCA pursuant to P.L. 15-104:7 and :8.

Pursuant to P.L. 27-077:4, sections 1,2 and 3 as originally enacted were renumbered to sections 3, 4 and 5 respectively, and references in subsection (b) were amended by the Compiler to preserve the intent of the original legislation.

Subsection designations were added to subsections (a) and (b) to adhere to the Compiler’s alpha-numeric scheme in accordance to the authority granted by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.

COMPILER’S COMMENT: This Section establishes the nature and location of the laws of Guam until such time as the Guam Codes Annotated are fully enacted as positive law. At such time, this Section will be amended or repealed as appropriate. However, it is required until then. This Section will answer the question of what are, and where are the laws of Guam at this time.