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Title 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS > CHAPTER 4—PUERTO RICO > SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Upon adoption of the constitution by the people of Puerto Rico, the President of the United States is authorized to transmit such constitution to the Congress of the United States if he finds that such constitution conforms with the applicable provisions of sections 731b to 731e of this title and of the Constitution of the United States.
Upon approval by the Congress the constitution shall become effective in accordance with its terms.
( July 3, 1950, ch. 446, § 3 , 64 Stat. 319 .)
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