Incidental Powers and Duties of Courts

Each of the courts of Guam shall have power:

(a)To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence;

(b)To enforce order in the proceedings before it, or before all persons empowered to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority;

(c)To provide for the orderly conduct of proceedings before it or its officers;

(d)To compel obedience to its judgments, orders and process, and to the orders of a Judge out of court in an action or proceeding pending therein;

(e)To control in furtherance of justice, the conduct of its ministerial officers and of all other persons in any manner connected with a judicial proceeding before it in every matter appertaining thereto;

(f)To compel the attendance of persons to testify in an action or proceeding pending therein in the cases and manner provided in this Title and in Titles 8 [Criminal Procedure] and 19 of this Code (Family Court Law);

(g)To administer oaths in actions or proceedings pending therein, and in all other cases where it may be necessary in the exercise of its powers and duties; and CH. 7 POWERS OF JUDGES, JUSTICES AND OF THE SUPERIOR COURT

(h)To amend and control its process and orders so as to make them conformable to law and justice. 1985 SOURCE: CCP § 133 as amended by P.L. 13-187:24 (Sept. 2, 1976). 1985 COMMENT: Includes reference to new Title designation for the Family Court Act (Title 19).