2012 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 12 - 1954 (§§ 1541 - 1645)
Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1541 - 1546)
Section 1543 - United States citizenship requirement for government officials
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS CHAPTER 12 - 1954 SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 1543 - United States citizenship requirement for government officials |
| Contains | section 1543 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | July 22, 1954, ch. 558, §29, 68 Stat. 509; Pub. L. 98-213, §5(a), Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1460. |
| Statutes at Large References | 68 Stat. 509 97 Stat. 1460 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 98-213 |
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All members of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, all judges and all officials of the government of the Virgin Islands who report directly to the Governor shall be citizens of the United States.
(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, §29, 68 Stat. 509; Pub. L. 98–213, §5(a), Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1460.)
Amendments1983—Pub. L. 98–213 amended section generally, substituting provisions requiring United States citizenship for all members of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and all officials who report directly to the Governor for provisions requiring such citizenship for all officers of the Virgin Islands, and struck out provisions requiring written oaths and prescribing the oath.
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