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48 USC Chapter 12 (48 US CODE Chapter 12) - Virgin Islands

Subchapter I - General Provisions


48 USC 1541 - Sec. 1541. Organization and status

48 USC 1542 - Sec. 1542. Voting franchise; discrimination prohibited

48 USC 1543 - Sec. 1543. United States citizenship requirement for government officials

48 USC 1544 - Sec. 1544. Reports by Governor; jurisdiction of Secretary of the Interior; exceptions

48 USC 1545 - Sec. 1545. Lease and sale of public property; conveyance of title in certain lands to the government of Virgin Islands

48 USC 1546 - Sec. 1546. Authorization of appropriations

Subchapter II - Bill of Rights


48 USC 1561 - Sec. 1561. Rights and prohibitions

Subchapter III - Legislative Branch


48 USC 1574 - Sec. 1574d. Repealed. Pub. L. 97-357, title III, Sec. 308(g), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1710

48 USC 1575 - Sec. 1575. Legislative procedure

48 USC 1576 - Sec. 1576. General elections; time; transfer of Council functions, property, etc.

48 USC 1571 - Sec. 1571. Legislature

48 USC 1572 - Sec. 1572. Legislators

48 USC 1573 - Sec. 1573. Time, frequency, and duration of regular sessions; special sessions; place of holding

48 USC 1574 - Sec. 1574. Legislative powers and activities

48 USC 1574 - Sec. 1574-1. Applicability of laws referred to in section 502(a)(1) of Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

48 USC 1574 - Sec. 1574a. Revenue bonds or other obligations

48 USC 1574 - Sec. 1574b. Federal guarantee for issuance of revenue bonds or other obligations

48 USC 1574 - Sec. 1574c. Priority for payment of principal and interest of revenue bonds or other obligations

Subchapter IV - Executive Branch


48 USC 1599 - Sec. 1599. Transfer of functions from government comptroller for Virgin Islands to Inspector General, Department of the Interior

48 USC 1591 - Sec. 1591. Governor and Lieutenant Governor; election; eligibility; official residence; powers and duties; report

48 USC 1592 - Sec. 1592. Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 657

48 USC 1593 - Sec. 1593. Initiative and recall

48 USC 1594 - Sec. 1594. Repealed. Pub. L. 90-496, Sec. 6, Aug. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 839

48 USC 1595 - Sec. 1595. Vacancy in office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor

48 USC 1596 - Sec. 1596. Repealed. Pub. L. 104-186, title II, Sec. 224(3), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1752

48 USC 1597 - Sec. 1597. Reorganization of government

48 USC 1598 - Sec. 1598. Omitted

Subchapter V - Judicial Branch


48 USC 1611 - Sec. 1611. District Court of Virgin Islands; local courts; jurisdiction; practice and procedure

48 USC 1612 - Sec. 1612. Jurisdiction of District Court

48 USC 1613 - Sec. 1613. Relations between courts of United States and courts of Virgin Islands; review by United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit; reports to Congress; rules