2018 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 12 - Virgin Islands [1954]
Subchapter V - Judicial Branch
Sec. 1615 - Judicial divisions

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Citation 48 U.S.C. § 1615 (2018)
Section Name §1615. Judicial divisions
Section Text

The Virgin Islands consists of two judicial divisions; the Division of Saint Croix, comprising the island of Saint Croix and adjacent islands and cays, and the Division of Saint Thomas and Saint John, comprising the islands of Saint Thomas and Saint John and adjacent islands and cays.

Source Credit

(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, §25, 68 Stat. 507; Pub. L. 95–598, title III, §336(b), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2680; Pub. L. 98–454, title VII, §707, title X, §1001, Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1741, 1745; Pub. L. 101–219, title II, §203, Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1874.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

1989—Pub. L. 101–219 struck out provision that court for the Division of Saint Croix be held in Christiansted and for the Division of Saint Thomas and Saint John at Charlotte Amalie.

1984—Pub. L. 98–454 amended section generally, inserting provisions setting forth places for the holding of court of each judicial division and striking out provisions relating to the applicability of procedural rules and prosecutions by information and indictment, which are now covered under section 1614 of this title, and repealed section 336 of Pub. L. 95–598 which had amended this section.

1978—Pub. L. 95–598 substituted "section 2075 of title 28 in cases under title 11" for "section 53 of title 11 in bankruptcy cases".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–454 effective on ninetieth day following Oct. 5, 1984, see section 1005 of Pub. L. 98–454, set out as a note under section 1424 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT

Pub. L. 95–598, title IV, §402(e), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2682, which provided a prospective effective date for the amendment of this section by section 336(b) of Pub. L. 95–598, was repealed by Pub. L. 98–454, title X, §1001, Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1745.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 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 V - JUDICIAL BRANCH
Sec. 1615 - Judicial divisions
Contains section 1615
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 68 Stat. 507
92 Stat. 2680, 2682
98 Stat. 1741, 1745
103 Stat. 1874
Public Law References Public Law 95-598, Public Law 98-454, Public Law 101-219
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