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[CITE: 48USC1615]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                       CHAPTER 12--VIRGIN ISLANDS
 
                      SUBCHAPTER V--JUDICIAL BRANCH
 
Sec. 1615. Judicial divisions

    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.

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


                               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covered under section 1614 of this title, and repealed section 336 of 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

    Section 402(e) of Pub. L. 95-598, which provided a prospective 
effective date for the amendment of this section by section 336(b) of 
Pub. L. 95-598, was repealed by section 1001 of Pub. L. 98-454.
