2015 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions (Sections 1 - 2004)
Chapter 7 - Virgin Islands (Sections 1391 - 1409o)
Subchapter II - Civil Government (Sections 1405 - 1406m)
Sec. 1405 - Geographical application of subchapter; land and waters included in term "Virgin Islands"
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 7 - VIRGIN ISLANDS SUBCHAPTER II - CIVIL GOVERNMENT Sec. 1405 - Geographical application of subchapter; land and waters included in term "Virgin Islands" |
| Contains | section 1405 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | June 22, 1936, ch. 699, §1, 49 Stat. 1807. |
| Statutes at Large References | 39 Stat. 1706 49 Stat. 1807 |
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The provisions of this subchapter, and the name "the Virgin Islands" as used in this subchapter, shall apply to and include the territorial domain, lands and waters acquired by the United States through cession of the Danish West Indian Islands by the convention between the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Denmark entered into August 4, 1916, and ratified by the Senate on September 7, 1916 (39 Stat. L. 1706).
(June 22, 1936, ch. 699, §1, 49 Stat. 1807.)
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