United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 48. TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS |
Chapter 7. VIRGIN ISLANDS |
SubChapter I. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
§ 1391. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), |
§ 1392. Local laws continued; courts |
§ 1392a. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), |
§ 1392b. Repealed. Pub. L. 97–357, title III, § 308(c), |
§ 1393. Repealed. Pub. L. 97–357, title III, § 308(a), |
§ 1394. Customs duties and internal-revenue taxes |
§ 1395. Tax laws continued; tax on sugar |
§ 1396. Duties and taxes covered into Virgin Islands treasury |
§ 1397. Income tax laws of United States in force; payment of proceeds; levy of surtax on all taxpayers |
§ 1398. Omitted |
§ 1399. Repealed. Pub. L. 97–357, title III, § 308(b), |
§ 1400. Repealed. Pub. L. 98–454, title VII, § 709, |
§ 1401 to 1401e. Repealed. Pub. L. 110–40, § 1(a), |
§ 1401f. Omitted |
§ 1402. Extension of industrial alcohol and internal revenue laws to Virgin Islands |
§ 1403. Issuance of bonds or other obligations by government or municipalities; use of proceeds; limit on public indebtedness; terms, execution, interest rate, and sale price; taxes |
§ 1403a. Expenditure of bond proceeds for public improvements |
§ 1403b. Bond liability of United States |
Miscellaneous
For additional provisions, constituting a revision of the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States, see section 1541 et seq. of this title.
Codification
A new organic act, or basic charter of civil government, for the people of the Virgin Islands of the United States, was passed in 1954. Act July 22, 1954, ch. 558, 68 Stat. 497, known as the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, is set out as section 1541 et seq. of this title. Section 8(c) of the Revised Organic Act, set out as section 1574(c) of this title, provides that laws of the United States, set out generally in this chapter, as well as local laws and ordinances, including provisions of the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States, act June 22, 1936, ch. 699, 49 Stat. 1807, section 1405 et seq. of this title, in force on
Miscellaneous
Provisions respecting representation in Congress by a Delegate from Virgin Islands to the House of Representatives, see section 1711 et seq. of this title.