CSR'I'I2ICA'I'ION OF PASSAGE:; OF AN ACT TO THE GOVER~jO?-

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1 ..I.-t:..I.. pq..j..a.l-- -- Agana Guam 61t)' --' ELEVENTI- GUAl L'::G ISL.t.TURE 17 (s:scor-m) Rgular Ssson CSR'I'IICA'I'ION OF PASSAGE:; OF AN ACT TO THE GOVERjO?- Ths s ::0 certfy tlat al:3- No. 7I An Act t::> amend Sectons and 6 of the cvl Code of Guam Scton 37 of the Penal Code of Guam and Sectons and 551 of the ':;OVC1men: Code of Guam to ::-.:!e.1.uce the. age of 8ajor-::y from 1 years to 18 Y'ars I and to cor::-esdo:ldnalv. rduc'e the aqe for dsa ffrrnng c.jntra ::ts by mnors \.;as em the 6th day of Nay 17 duly and regularly passed. '..--./ -'.-;:-Y'. -:c <---G S J... m R:C.M L..... Spea K _ L:::::-.<: 1-.TTEST.3D:. /\. 1 V.--/J --- G PI. B.'\mA Legslatve Secretary Ths Act.;as receved bv the Governor ths Lf-UU - \ \. \In J) q' /. o:r.\' U I at:..--r::1 0 - OC. L- I. U. I.':) \ day -.. VINCNT T.?GREZ ttorey Generl of Guam APPROVED: : cy (--. _- -_:'-&:.... :G -- 'CARLOS G. CAMACHO GO';18:C0J:. Of. Guam _ o J J L/lIl.L/ I}})I.)) I fi!ly' DATD : gwi1j.)3) 7.J;: n - (j (:.sjlm 1/_ / tf..ll &CBVtb _MAR 180 GUAM TE.R!UTORlAL..A.-_

2 1 3 1t ' j! ; :! Ij I L I. ' Bll No. 7 Substtut e Bll.. u. A. C. L. F. J. T. t;' P. F. T. LVTH GU\;'l :LEGISL'\TURE 171 (FIRSTj ReJ1ar Sesso In t::-oduced by _ J B..Butler AN ACT TO EID SSCTIONS AND 6 OF THE CIVIL CODE OF GU SECTION 37 OF THE PENAL CODE OF GUfu lld SECTIONS AND 551 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE OF GDrll-1 TO.:RZDUCE: THE AGE OF!AJORITY FROM 1 yeth'=(s TO 18 YEARS AND TO CORRESPONDINGLY REDUCE THE. AGE.FOR DISAFF:fuING CONTRCTS BY MINORS. C. Barrett J. Bordallo C. Cflarfauros L. Crstobal R. Duenas G. L.ljan S. N. :?a'.llno A. :eerez. D. Perez T. Ramrez C. Sanchez R._. Santos- R. Santos A. S::::kt S. Tanaka BE IT ENACTED BY THE PFDPLE OF TF. TER.qlTORY OF GUl..l'1:!. tna-t many of the laws dealng wth young persons n Guam j; Secton 1. Statement of FndTIgs. The Legslat'.lre r:c3 4 I nconsstent f not senseless. As. examples a mnor 1 year3 5 old can drnk alcoholc beverages-but caiulot buy a motorcycle 6 on tme whle a mnor 18 years old -can be..drafted bllt cannot 7 drnk. Ths same.-18vear _. old can'vote -- n local electons.. but 8 cannot serve as commssoner:;.; And most strange of all f tom) are 10 1 year olds are marred _to.each other the-grl s co3dered an adult and can sgn bndng Gontracts and the lke but the boy s stll a mnor and s deemed n the eyes of the law to ncompetent and ncapable of makng a vald contract. In ve.. :! of a1.1 these ncosstences the Legslature deems t necessa_! 14 to reform the law by changng the age of majorty from 1 to.

3 1 3 hs or 'b.erguardan \.er' suc'h wrtten consent s fled wh the Drector of Admnstraton as provded n Secton 6 or ths Code s capable of cosentg / to d consag marrage. Provdd further tnt y remale under the age of sxteen (16) years and over the age or fourteen (4) years wth the consent n wrtng or her parents or one of er parents or of 'her Jardan where suc wrtten consent s fled wth the clrk ssung the marrage lcense as provded n Secton 6-of ts Code and where a er such showng as the Island Court may requre an order of sad Island Court s entered n te mutes of the clerk of sad Court grantng permsson to 1-=1. ::> sad female to marry s capable of consentng to and.1- tl CO:lsumrna'-J..ng1:\arrlage. 16 Secton 6. Secton 6 of the Cvl Code of Guam s nerebv _I amended to read as follows:- Secton 6. Narrage lcenses. (a) All pe:::-sons a0out to be j:cn n -marrage must frst obtan a lcense therefor from the Department of Ad.-nnstraton whch lcense must show: The dentty or the partes. Ther real and full names -resdence and 4 place of 'brth Ther ages and date of brth.: Ther ctzenshp. If an alen whether a resdent alen or 8 non-mmgrant alen. 6. Number of prevous marrages wherever contracted JO 31 and how termnated the occupaton of the partes maden name of the female f prevously marred the names and - 3 -

4 10 I; 1; ;! ; -.. p I- o' ; ;: j! ' I ; 4! G brthplaces of the parents of each and the maden name of the mother of each. applca.nt.s (-) b (10 lcnse Sn-3...:...L - '- :.;egra:-n::ed - vi1.e:1 el-_::roj::.1.-' - t1 : t'he:cfars a:l. ecle or sae O 'f /O at th tme of akng the applcaton ar proofs :cen requred for sad lcense s under te hfluece of any :l.toxc3.tnglqw.or or narcotc drug. L:r: t'!-1e a?plcant s under the ag of eghteen (8) Yars and such - person nas not been.. Drevouslv- marred no lcense shall be ssued unless the consent n wrtng of the parents of the person under age or one of such parents or of hs or her guardan s Dresented wth the applcaton duly verfed by such parent3 or parent or guardan and such consent must be retaned on fle n the Departent of Admnstraton wth suc applcaton and the fact of consent must be noted n the lcense. No lcense to marry between rlrs cousns bet.;eenan adoptve parent and ad adodtve person between a step-parent and a step-person and bebleen a guardan and 'lardshall be ssu'ed wthout an order n wrtng from the Island Court. No lcense to marv shall be ssued wthout an o=dern wrtng from t:1cisla':1dcourt for any 'female between the ages of fourteen (14) and sxteen (16) n addton to the consent of her parents or one of her parents or guardan as heretofore provded. No lcense to rearry shall be ssued n any case for any male under the age of sxteen (16) or any female under tr age of fourteen (14). (c) Applcaton for marrage 'lcenses shall be made on a form prescrbed by the Drector of - 4 -

5 10 1 ' ; Admnstraton and must be sworn to by both appl- C3t3 before te Drector of Adnstraton or hs deputy. No lcense shall be ssued untl after the ex?raton of f--e (5) days a te the flng of t.he applcaton. Such watng perod may be waved upon the order n rtng of the Island Court granted for good cause shown. (d)?or the purpose of ascertanng all facts mentoned or reredn ths secton the Drector of Admnstraton or hs deputy may examne 'under oath or requre wrtten affdavts fromtheapplcants for a lcense and as many supportng wtnesses as he deems necessary. Such examnaton 'shall be reduced to wr-t:ng and subscrbed by all partes swearng to the facts theren. Ih the case of termnaton of a prevous marrage by'dvorce or annulment the applcant shall furnsh a certfed copy of the fnal decree of dvorce or annulment. Intne case of termnaton of cant shall furnsh a certfed copy of the record of death.' If a certfed copy of a fnal -de'creeof dvorce annulment or record of death as requred heren s not avalabe' -the applcantmay' submt n leu thereof an affdavt settng forth 'n such form a prevous ffc1rrageby death -6fthe spouse tl.e'applas the Drector may requre the reason.. hy t s not' obtanable. (e) Any applcaton for a marrage lcense and any alled document on fle wth the Drector of Admnstraton shall be open to publc nspecton. (f) Any person who Shall swear falsely to an applcaton for marrage lcense or who shall make or - 5 -

6 1 p:c=sent any false affdavt s'tatement or testmony n any procedl:1g u:1der subsecton (d) shall be... j gulty of a felony and shall be subject to a fne... v_ += 4 ::; o not 8oe than oe tousand dollars ($ ) 0 rsonnnt for not more than fve (5) years or both. 7 () No marrage lcense shall be effectve nor... 'J }_O shall t authorze the performance of a llarrage ceremony after the expraton of sxty (60) days from te.date of ssuance of such lcense. Ths provson shall be prnted on each lcense n promnent type.....:. (h) The Drector of Admnstraton and deputes. 14 desgnated by hm are authorzed to admnster oaths n connecton wth the admnstraton of ths secton. 15 (-; ) A fee of fve dollars ($5.00) shall accompany L each applcaton for a marrage lcense and shall not be refunded f the lcense s not ssued or used L..! t '.. I; j I'!. No marrage lcnse fees collected by the government or Guam pror to the enactment of ths subsecton shall be refunded. It Secton 7. Secton 37 of the Penal Code of Guam s hereby amended to read as follows: Secton 37. Alcohol beverages sellng of to mnors. Every person who sells gves or delvers to any mnor under the age of'l8 years any alcoholc beverage as defned n Secton 5004 Ttle XXVI Capter 1 of the Government Code of Guam n any qantty whatsoever shall be gulty of a msdemanor and shall upon convcton thereof be punshed by a fne of not more than $500 or by mrsonment for a peod not exceedng 0 days :-... -:-' ' (7' 1

7 ::- by both such fne :lnd nmr:3onr.ent. Provded J that ths secto shall ot apply to the parents of such chldren or to gua::-dansof tle.cwards. /.1- Secton 8. Secton 503 o the Government Code of Guam s hereby amended to read as follows: r o Secton 503. Same: same: mnors. Tl.e Boa::-d 7 8 shall not_ ssue a lcense of any class to a pson. ;. under eghteen (18) years of age. Secton. Secton 508 of the Government Code o Guam s 10 hereby amended to read as follows: Secton 508. Same: same: near church hosptal 1! - 1 scnoo...(a) The Board shall not ssue an on-sale lcense 1 II _-r ;. I :. 'j ': :. ;...!:! H H for premses located wthn a dstance of fve. hundred (500) feet from any church hos.?tal orpu;:'lc.0:::- prvate school of general educaton were persons under the age of eghteen () are taught_ t measurements to be taken n a straght lne from the center of the nearest entrance to the buldng used as _ such church hosptal or school to the center or the nearest entrance of the premses for whch a lcense s appled; except that the Drovsons of -chs secton shall not prohbt the renewal of any vald on-ale lcense prevously ssued and n effct at the tme of a subsequent constructon or establsp.ffj;!nt of such church hosptal or school wthn fve hundred (500) feet of such lcensed premses and provded that such lcensed premses s1allnot subsequently be added to or enlarged; and provded that an on-sale beer lc8nsee comng nder ths excepton shall not thereafter be ssued a general on-sale lcense. 31 (b) Excepton. Notwthstandng the p=ovsons :...._-..'\.. '!-}.(r''x-

8 1 3 of Subpargrapn (a) of ths scqr. t 30ard may SSU8 an on-sale lcnse far premses located W1n1n... a alsance o C f' 1V... nunara \ (O n) J ee_ t-. zrom anv : chrc hosptal or ub1c or r.:rvat:e school... of general : j' j' ;..' :. ; l'. :1 educaton wnere persons under the age 0:: gheen (18) are taught f the Board fnds that the premses to be so lcensed are suc'h t'hat would not dsturb tle c:ur'h servces or the hosta1 pat8ts or the school students or cetract from the peace and quet of te neghborhood and that the general beneft to the terrtory at large by the lcensng of such premses would oubn'egh':any beneft to be cerved from a strct enforcement of the prohbton. No such excepton may be made f t'he presdng offcal of the church hosptal'or school wthn the fv hundred (500) feet dstance does not consent:n wrtng to the-waver of such prohbton.' Secton 10. Secton 5308 of the Government Code of Guam s hereby amended to read as follows:' Secton Mnors: employment forbdden. A lcensee shall not employ any mnor under the age of eghteen (18) 'nor about that porton of -the premses vhch s used forthe sale or servce of alcoholc beverages for consumpton on the premses. provded however that mnors: ages sl'cteen (16) and above-may 6 be employed as entertaners n on-sale premses under r 7 regulatons made by the Board. Such regulatons shall nclude but are not lmted to I provsons for regstraton of entertaners hours of employment condtons of employment and the responsblty of lcensees employng such mnors _._0._- _ _ :':'::..'77:'t:::'s:

9 ' '- Sect.ol.. Sec t.ol o:e t1:'gove rr:1en t :': oc.e 0 GU 3.-.TI s hereby ame!1geg to read as :ollo'.'s: 3 SectcD Salle: errt=y orbcde. :' person under eghteen (18) Ya5 of age shall eer an estab1shrnet '.-re alco'holc bevera.gs..except beer are consumed urss such establshment s.3. ubl:::: 7 eatlg. place as.::'ef!'lea :1 S::>cton 50 af t.'he 8 Government Code 0 f Guam. Ever'/ oe::::-son '.../hovolates 10 l' ths secton shall be gulty of a msdemeanor unshable by a fne of not more than fve hundred dollars ($500.00) or by uprsonment. for a perod not exceedng nnety (0) days or by both such f!'leand. II lff::jrlsonmen\ ') ecc1.on_. Secton 5318 of the Government Cede of Guam 1 _J s hereby arnendedto read as follows: 16 Secton Same: to mnor. A lcenseehs 17 'j _d'' agent or employee shall not sell gve nor pet to be sold gven or seved any alcoholc beverages to 1 any person under eghteen (18) years of age. For the.a 1 3?- _ I?'> 'I I' purpose of preventng any volaton of tns secton any lcensee or hs agent or employee Day refuse to sell or serve alcoholc beverages to any person who s unable to oroduce adecruate wrtten evdence that - he or she s over the age of eghteen (18) years. In any crmnal prosecuton or proceedng far the suspenson or revocaton of any lcense and based upon a volaton of ths secto:1 proof that the defendant lcensee or hs agent or employee demanded and was Sl1O'.oJ!1 before furnshng any alcoholc beverage to a mnor an dentfcaton card or other bona fde documentary evdence of majorty of such - - _.... _._. '.' V _J...

10 1 cerson shall be a de nse to sucn prosecuton or poceedng for the suspenson or revocton of any... j lcense. Svery- person ;vhorolabs tns secton shal:: r c 1.. j ' );:. : t ;. - y 1- : _I '.. I: L!.. ị 1: :; :1 '; I I j: :j q ;..: : ;: be gulty of a msdemeanor punshabl by a fne of not more than fve hundred dollars ($5JO.OO) or bv mp sonme!lt for a per od of not e:ceedng nn::::ty(0) days or by both suc; fne and mprsonment. Secton. Secton of the Government Code o am s hereby amended to read as follows: Secton Same: false dentfcaton by mnor. Any person under eghteen (18) years of age who exhbts a false dntfcaton card or false document for the purpose of purchasng or obtanng alcoholc beverages shall be punshed by a fne of not Dore than fve hundred dollars ($500.00). or by mprsonment not exceedng sx (6) months or by botn such fne and mprson.>\ent. Secton 14. Secton 551 of the Government Code of Gu 'j I!1 'j I: ; I j j. I; jj : t!!. I : I I'! r t. s hereby amended to read as follows: Secton 551. Same: mnors. Any person under the age of eghteen (18) vears puchasng alcoholc beverages or n possesson thereof shall be gulty of a msdemeano= and upon convcton thereof shall be punshed by a fne of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by mprsonment not exceedng three (3) months or by both such fne and mprsonment. 7 Secton 15. Repealer. wth the excepton of Sectons 8G7 8 and 87 of the Government Code of Guam all other sectons of 'the Codes of Guam all other laws and all rules or regulatons L 30 to the contrary are hereby amended to reflect the change or th 31! r age of majorty to 18 years of age '.. I I -. _ '-. \.:.' :