THE DIGITAL CODE OF THE STATE OF POHNPEI  
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTERS OF THE CODE

(January 1, 2006)

 

 

 

Introduction

    Explanatory materials

    Links to other legal documents

 

Constitution of the State of Pohnpei

In Pohnpeian

In English

 

Division I Government

 

Title                                       Chapter

 

1 General

.............. ……………………1 Sources of Law and Rules of Construction

………………………………2 Procedure to Amend Constitution

………………………………3 – 5 [Reserved]

………………………………6 Names, Emblems, Symbols, and Anthem

………………………………7 Holidays

………………………………8 Census

2 Legislature

………………………………1 General Provisions

………………………………2 Investigative Hearings

………………………………3 Office of Legislative Investigations

………………………………4 Code

………………………………5 – 8 [Reserved]

………………………………9 Legislature Finances

 

3 Executive

………………………………1 General Organization

………………………………2 – 4 [Reserved]

………………………………5 Economic Planning Commission

………………………………6 Development Plan

………………………………7 – 9 [Reserved]

………………………………10 Governor’s Office Finances

4 Judiciary

………………………………1 Establishment and Organization of Judiciary

………………………………2 General Powers, Authority, and Jurisdiction

………………………………3 Pohnpei Supreme Court

………………………………4 [Reserved]

………………………………5 Court of Traffic and Misdemeanor Offenses [Pending]

………………………………6 Court of Land Tenure

………………………………7 Judicial Ethics and Rules of Conduct

………………………………8 [Reserved]

………………………………9 Transition

………………………………10 Judiciary Finances

5 Public Auditor

………………………………1 Office of the Auditor

………………………………2  Auditor's Finances

6 Local Government

………………………………1 [Reserved – General Provisions]

………………………………2 Planning

………………………………3 Financing

………………………………4 Services

………………………………5 Local Government Licensing

………………………………6 – 9 [Reserved]

………………………………10 Local Government Finances

7 [Reserved]

8 Administrative Law

………………………………1 Administrative Procedures Act

………………………………2 Impeachment of State Officials

………………………………3 Judicial Review of Administrative Actions

9 Public Officers and Employees

………………………………1 Uniform Appointments and Tenure

………………………………2 Public Service System

………………………………3 Compensation Restructuring

………………………………4 Compensation

………………………………5 Per Diem and Reimbursable Expenses

………………………………6 Pension Plan

………………………………7 [Reserved]

………………………………8 Codes of Ethics

 

10 Elections

………………………………1 General Provisions

………………………………2 Election Commissioner and Board of Election

………………………………3 Apportionment

………………………………4 Franchise and Registration

………………………………5 Candidates

………………………………6 Elections

………………………………7 Recounts and Appeals

11 Public Finance and Procurement

………………………………1 Budget

………………………………2 Department of Treasury and Administration

………………………………3 Lines of Credit

………………………………4 Compact Funds

………………………………5 Public Credit for Elementary Schools

………………………………6 Public Contracts

………………………………7 – 9 [Reserved]

………………………………10 Public Support Finances

12 Taxation

………………………………1 General Provisions

………………………………2 Sales Tax

………………………………3 Use Tax [Declared Unconstitutional]

………………………………4 Hotel and Vehicle Rental Tax

………………………………5 [Reserved – Luxury Tax]

………………………………6 [Reserved – Fuel Sales Tax]

13 – 15 [Reserved]

 

 

Division II Human Resources

 

Title                                       Chapter

 

16 Law and Public Safety

………………………………1 Police and Security

………………………………2 Joint Law Enforcement

………………………………3 – 5 [Reserved]

………………………………6 Identification Cards

………………………………7 – 9 [Reserved]

………………………………10 Law and Public Safety Finances

17 Health and Welfare

………………………………1 Department of Health Services

………………………………2 Public Hospital Corporation [Pending]

………………………………3 Health Services Advisory Council

………………………………4 Health Care Plan

………………………………5 Telemedicine Program

………………………………6 Infectious and Contagious Diseases

………………………………7 Mental Illnesses

………………………………8 Physical and Mental Disabilities

………………………………9 Refuse Collection and Sanitation

………………………………10 Health and Welfare Finances

18 Education

………………………………1 Department of Education

………………………………2 Special Education

………………………………3 – 9 [Reserved]

………………………………10 Education Finances

19 Labor

………………………………1 [Reserved]

………………………………2 Residents Employment

………………………………3 Wage and Hour

………………………………4 & 5 [Reserved]

………………………………6 Apprenticeship Program

………………………………7 – 9 [Reserved]

………………………………10 Labor Finances

20 Public Broadcasting

………………………………1 Public Broadcasting Corporation

21 Sports and Recreation

………………………………1 Sports Commission

22 Customs, Traditions, and Historic Preservation

………………………………1 Historical and Cultural Preservation

………………………………2 [Reserved]

………………………………3 Historical Monuments

………………………………4 – 9 [Reserved]

………………………………10 Traditional Affairs Finances

23 – 25 [Reserved]

 
 
Division III Natural Resources

 

Title                                       Chapter

 

26 Conservation and Resources

………………………………1 Conservation and Resources Enforcement

………………………………2 Endangered Species

………………………………3 Soil and Water Conservation

………………………………4 Forest Conservation

………………………………5 Marine Sanctuary and Wildlife Refuge System

………………………………6 Marine and Aquatic Resources

………………………………7 [Reserved]

………………………………8 Land Resources

………………………………9 [Reserved]

………………………………10 Conservation and Resources Finances

27 Environmental Protection

………………………………1 Environmental Protection Agency

28 Agriculture and Livestock

………………………………1 Plant and Animal Quarantine

………………………………2 Agriculture

………………………………3 – 5 [Reserved]

………………………………6 Livestock

………………………………7 – 9 [Reserved]

………………………………10 Agriculture and Livestock Finances

29 Fisheries

………………………………1 Fishing in State Waters

………………………………2 Bait Fishing

 

30 [Reserved]

 

 

Division IV State Infrastructure

 

Title                                       Chapter

 

31 Housing and Construction

………………………………1 Housing Authority

………………………………2 – 5 [Reserved]

………………………………6 Building Code

………………………………7 – 9 [Reserved]

………………………………10 Housing and Construction Finances

32 Sea and Air Transportation

………………………………1 Port Authority

………………………………2 Transportation Zone

………………………………3  Airport Passenger Facility Fees

………………………………4 & 5 [Reserved]

………………………………6 Water Traffic Controls

………………………………7 Watercraft

………………………………8 Airport Restricted Access

………………………………9 [Reserved]

………………………………10 Transportation Finances

33 Roads

………………………………1 Pohnpei Transportation Authority [Pending]

………………………………2 Ponape Transportation Authority

………………………………3– 5 [Reserved]

………………………………6 State Roads

………………………………7 Roadway Construction

………………………………8 & 9 [Reserved]

………………………………10 Road Finances

34 Public Utilities

………………………………1 Pohnpei Utilities Corporation

………………………………2 Board of Residential Properties and Public Utilities

………………………………3 Commission on Energy

………………………………4 – 9 [Reserved]

………………………………10 Water and Sanitation Finances

35 [Reserved]

 

 

Division V Business and Development

 

Title                                       Chapter

 

36 Economic Development

………………………………1 Economic Development Authority

………………………………2 Pohnpei Fisheries Corporation

………………………………3 Trade and Investment Offices

………………………………4 Economic Development Funds

………………………………5 Development Loan Fund

………………………………6 Business Development

………………………………7 Pacific Islands Development Bank

………………………………8 Financing Fisheries Programs

………………………………9  Banking Investments

37 Business Associations

………………………………1 Corporations

………………………………2 Partnerships

………………………………3 – 6 [Reserved]

………………………………7 Foreign Investment

38 Professions and Occupations

………………………………1 – 4 [Reserved]

………………………………5 Notaries Public

………………………………6 Land Surveyors

39 Trade Regulation

………………………………1 Unfair Business Practices

………………………………2 Consumer Protection

………………………………3 Price Control

………………………………4 Usury

40 [Reserved]

 

 

Division VI Property

 

Title                                       Chapter

 

41 Real Property

………………………………1 Land Use Planning and Zoning

………………………………2 Survey and Marking

………………………………3 Land Measurement System

………………………………4 Ownership, Registration, and Conveyance

………………………………5 Development Leasehold

………………………………6 Mortgages

………………………………7 Deeds of Trust

42 Public Lands

………………………………1 Management and Administration

………………………………2 Lease and Use Agreements

………………………………3 Japanese and Trust Territory Government Leasehold Conveyance

………………………………4 Residential Leasehold Conveyance

………………………………5 Planned Development Zone

………………………………6 industrial Development Zone

………………………………7 Public Access

………………………………8 Marine Areas

………………………………9 Mining and Dredging

………………………………10 Land Use Designations

43 Land Acquisition by Government

………………………………1 Land Acquisition

………………………………2 Eminent Domain

………………………………3 Relocation Assistance

44 & 45 [Reserved]

46 Personal Property

………………………………1 General Provisions

………………………………2 Nonjudicial Foreclosure

………………………………3  Judicial Foreclosure

47 & 48 [Reserved]

49 Wills and Decedents’ Estates

………………………………1 Intestate Succession

………………………………2 Wills

………………………………3 Probate of Small Estates

50 [Reserved]

 

 

Division VII Family

 

Title                                       Chapter

 

51 Domestic Relations

………………………………1 General Provisions

………………………………2 Marriage

………………………………3 Annulment and Divorce

………………………………4 Reciprocal Enforcement of Support

………………………………5 Adoption

………………………………6 Child Abuse

52 Minors

………………………………1 Juvenile Defined

………………………………2 Protection of Minors

………………………………3 Truancy

………………………………4 Juvenile offenses [Reserved]

………………………………5 [Reserved]

………………………………6 Juvenile Offender Proceedings

………………………………7 Liability of Parents and Guardians for Acts of Delinquent Child

 

53 – 55 [Reserved]

 

 

Division VIII Judicial Proceedings and Civil Law

 

Title                                       Chapter

 

56 Conciliation, Intervention, and Arbitration

………………………………1 Conciliation Proceedings and Intervention

57 Judicial Proceedings

………………………………1 Judicial Process and Procedure

………………………………2 – 5 [Reserved]

………………………………6 Certifications and Appeals

………………………………7 Judgments

………………………………8 Enforcement of Judgments

………………………………9 [Reserved]

………………………………10 Fees, Expenses, and Costs

58 Civil Remedies and Defenses

………………………………1 Statute of Frauds

………………………………2 Sovereign Immunity

………………………………3 Limitations of Actions

………………………………4 [Reserved]

………………………………5 [Reserved - Judicial Foreclosures]

………………………………6 Tort Actions

………………………………7 [Reserved]

………………………………8 Habeas Corpus

59 Evidence

………………………………1 [Reserved]

………………………………2 Authentication and Content of Records

………………………………3 Presumptions

………………………………4 Privileges

60 [Reserved]

 

 

Division IX Criminal Matters

 

Title                                       Chapter

 

61 Criminal Law

………………………………1 General Provisions

………………………………2 Principles of Penal Liability

………………………………3 [Reserved – Principles of Justification]

………………………………4 Inchoate Crimes

………………………………5 Offenses Against the Person

………………………………6 Offenses Against Property Rights

………………………………7 Offenses Against the Family

………………………………8 Offenses Against Public Health and Morals

………………………………9 Offenses Against Public Order

………………………………10 Offenses Against Public Administration

………………………………11&12 [Reserved]

………………………………13 Obscene Communications

………………………………14 Littering

………………………………15 Fire Control

………………………………16 Misuse of Government Property

62 Criminal Procedure

………………………………1 General Provisions

………………………………2 Arrests; Search Warrants

………………………………3 Rights of Defendants

………………………………4 Preliminary Matters

………………………………5 Bail

………………………………6 Trial Court: Criminal Procedure

………………………………7 Insanity

………………………………8 Dismissal

………………………………9 [Reserved]

………………………………10 Criminal Extradition

63 Citations

………………………………Issuance of Citations

64 Corrections and Rehabilitation

………………………………1 Disposition of Convicted Defendants

                                                2 Work-Release Program

65 [Reserved]

 

 

Division X Regulated Substances, Devices, and Activities

 

Title                                       Chapter

 

66 Regulated Substances

………………………………1 General Provisions

………………………………2 Alcoholic Beverages

………………………………3 Tobacco Products

………………………………4 Controlled Substances

67 [Reserved]

68 Regulated Devices

………………………………1 Weapons Control

………………………………2 Fireworks

69 [Reserved]

70 Regulated Activities

………………………………1 Commercial Gambling: Bingo

………………………………2 Juvenile Gambling

………………………………3 [Reserved]

 

 

Division XI Motor Vehicles

 

Title                                       Chapter

 

71 Traffic and Motor Vehicles Law

………………………………1 General Provisions

………………………………2 Motor Vehicle Registration and Licenses

………………………………3 Motor Vehicle Equipment

………………………………4 Inspection of Vehicles

………………………………5 Emergency Vehicles

………………………………6 Commercial Carriers and Vehicles

………………………………7 Operator’s Licenses

………………………………8 Rules of the Road

………………………………9 Accident Reports

………………………………10 Traffic Offenses Procedure

………………………………11 [Reserved]

………………………………12 Serious Traffic Offenses

………………………………13 Transition

 


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