Sec. 210. Judicial pronouncements
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The nation of Puerto Rico shall recognize and give effect to all orders and judgments rendered by courts of the United States or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on the day before the date of issuance of the Proclamation pursuant to the laws of the United States applicable to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. All judicial proceedings pending in the courts of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on the date of issuance of the Proclamation shall be continued in the corresponding courts under the constitution of the nation of Puerto Rico.
Beginning on the date of issuance of the Proclamation— the judicial power of the United States shall no longer extend to the nation of Puerto Rico; any proceeding pending in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico as of that date shall be transferred to the applicable court in the nation of Puerto Rico or other competent judicial authority under the constitution of the nation of Puerto Rico for disposition in accordance with laws applicable on the date on which the controversy that is the subject of the proceeding arose; and any proceeding pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit or in the Supreme Court of the United States as of that date that initiated in, or that could have been initiated in, the courts of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico shall— continue until the date of final disposition; and be submitted to the competent authority of the nation of Puerto Rico for proper execution.
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the United States or any officer of the United States is a party to a proceeding described in subparagraph
(B)or
(C)of that paragraph, any final judgment in that proceeding shall be properly executed by the competent authority of the United States.