§ 1311. — Model code.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1311]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 15--CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF INDIANS
SUBCHAPTER II--MODEL CODE GOVERNING COURTS OF INDIAN OFFENSES
Sec. 1311. Model code
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to
recommend to the Congress, on or before July 1, 1968, a model code to
govern the administration of justice by courts of Indian offenses on
Indian reservations. Such code shall include provisions which will (1)
assure that any individual being tried for an offense by a court of
Indian offenses shall have the same rights, privileges, and immunities
under the United States Constitution as would be guaranteed any citizen
of the United States being tried in a Federal court for any similar
offense, (2) assure that any individual being tried for an offense by a
court of Indian offenses will be advised and made aware of his rights
under the United States Constitution, and under any tribal constitution
applicable to such individual, (3) establish proper qualifications for
the office of judge of the court of Indian offenses, and (4) provide for
the establishing of educational classes for the training of judges of
courts of Indian offenses. In carrying out the provisions of this
subchapter, the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the
Indians, Indian tribes, and interested agencies of the United States.
(Pub. L. 90-284, title III, Sec. 301, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 78.)
