§ 456. Commonwealth State Funeral- Procedure and Protocol
TITLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS § 456. Commonwealth State Funeral: Procedure and Protocol. A Commonwealth state funeral shall include, but not be limited to, the follow- ing: (a) Honor guard; (b) Half mast of the Commonwealth flag; (c) Gun salute: (1) Current and former Governors—21 gun salute; (2) Current and former Lieutenant Governor—19 gun salute; (3) Current member of the Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature, Representative to the United States, and mayors—17 gun salute; (4) All other persons—15 gun salute; (d) Designation of a government official to deliver a eulogy; and (e) Arrangements made whereby the deceased is available for public viewing. Source: PL 3-85, § 7; amended by PL 11-92, § 2. Commission Comment: Federal law authorizes the Governor to order the American flag to fly at half-mast in the event of death of a present or former official of the Commonwealth government; see 36 U.S.C. § 175(m). In the event of the death of the Commonwealth’s Representative to the United States, the President of the United States may order the American flags in the metro- politan area of the District of Columbia to be flown at half-mast; see Presiden- tial Proclamation 3044 (Mar. 1, 1954), 19 Fed. Reg. 1235.
Source: CNMI Law Revision Commission