§ 102. Commonwealth- Defined
TITLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS § 102. Commonwealth: Defined. “Commonwealth,” when used in this code to describe a geographical area, means the Northern Mariana Islands, as defined in 1 CMC § 101; otherwise, it means the government established under the Constitution which became effective on January 9, 1978. Source: N.M.I. Const. Sched. on Transit’l Matters § 9, modified. Commission Comment: The Commission inserted a colon in place of a dash in the heading of this section to conform the heading to the style used elsewhere in the code. According to PL 3-90, § 7(a) (reprinted in the preface material, prior to title 1), “section headings … do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of this Code.”
Source: CNMI Law Revision Commission