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11 GCA § 6815

Public Enforcement

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 11 — Finance and Taxation
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(a)Public enforcement of this Article is under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General. The Attorney General may seek assistance in the enforcement of this Article from other law enforcement agencies. This includes:

(1)any peace officer as defined by 8 GCA § 5.55; and

(2)a Citizen Assisted Police Enforcement

(CAPE)volunteer as provided pursuant to 10 GCA § 77302.

(b)The Attorney General and the Guam Police Department may seize and confiscate any cigarette, package of cigarettes, or carton of cigarettes that is possessed, kept, stored, retained, held, owned, received, transported, imported, or caused to be imported, acquired, distributed, sold, or offered for sale in violation of this Article.

(c)Any cigarette, package of cigarettes, or carton of cigarettes unlawfully possessed, kept, stored, received, held, owned, acquired, retained, transported, imported, or caused to be imported, distributed, sold, or offered for sale, in violation of this Article, shall be forfeited as contraband and may be seized through any legal process available to the Attorney General. Any cigarette, package of cigarettes, or carton of cigarettes forfeited as provided in this Section shall be ordered destroyed.

(d)Notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law, the Attorney General may apply for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate this Article. The injunction shall be issued without bond.

§ The story of this section

  1. Enacted by P.L. 34-55 § 2 — introduced as Bill 77-34 · introduced by Michael F.Q. San Nicolas

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.