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Terms Used In 2 Guam Code Ann. § 1116

  • Adjournment sine die: The end of a legislative session "without day." These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of legislature.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
(a) Upon the convening of any regular or special session of the Legislature, except the first session of a new Legislature, it shall be the duty of the Speaker to administer the oath provided in
§ 1110 to any new legislator or legislators who may have been elected to fill a vacancy or vacancies upon receiving a certification of the election of such legislator or legislators.

(b) Standing rules in force and existence at the adjournment sine die of a legislature shall continue until changed and shall govern the organization of the next legislature.

SOURCE: GC § 1013.

2017 NOTE: Subsection designations added pursuant to the authority of
1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.