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In 1906, the Marshall Islands were placed under the supervision of the Governor of Rabaul, ending the financial responsibility of the Jaluit Gesellschaft for the territory. [41] [42] The Nationality Law of 1913 changed the basis for acquiring German nationality from domicile to patrilineality, but did not alter derivative nationality.
The Nitijeļā is the law-making branch of the legislature and consists of 33 elected members, every four years. The Nitijeļā also elects from its members the President of the Marshall Islands and, on nomination by the President, other members of the parliament to serve as the Cabinet of the Marshall Islands. The Cabinet is the executive ...
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The government of the Marshall Islands operates under a mixed parliamentary-presidential system as set forth in its Constitution. [1] Elections are held every four years in universal suffrage (for all citizens above the age of 18), with each of the 24 constituencies (see below) electing one or more representatives (senators) to the lower house of RMI's unicameral legislature, the Nitijela.
Adding that in addition to the Traditional Rights Court being "limited to the determination of questions relating to titles or to land rights or to other legal interests depending wholly or partly on customary law and traditional practice in the Republic of the Marshall Islands", that it has original jurisdiction in these cases.
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From the Marshall Islands he goes to Tuvalu for a brief trip, then a one-night stopover in the U.S. territory of Guam before going to Palau. Lai arrives back in Taipei late on Friday.
The Supreme Court is the highest court of law in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. It has final authority of all cases brought before it. It consists of a Chief Justice and two associate justices. [1] The Chief Justice is Daniel N. Cadra. Chief Justices are appointed for ten-year terms. [2]