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[CITE: 48USC1643]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                       CHAPTER 12--VIRGIN ISLANDS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER VII--FISCAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1643. Import provisions with respect to trade-marks

    Section 1124 of title 15, and section 1526 of title 19, shall not 
apply to importations into the Virgin Islands of genuine foreign 
merchandise bearing a genuine foreign trade-mark, but shall remain 
applicable to importations of such merchandise from the Virgin Islands 
into the United States or its possessions; and the dealing in or 
possession of any such merchandise in the Virgin Islands shall not 
constitute a violation of any registrant's right under the Trade Mark 
Act [15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.].

(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, Sec. 28(c), 68 Stat. 509.)

                       References in Text

    The Trade Mark Act, referred to in text, probably means the 
Trademark Act of 1946, also popularly known as the Lanham Act, act July 
5, 1946, ch. 540, 60 Stat. 427, as amended, which is classified 
generally to chapter 22 (Sec. 1051 et seq.) of Title 15, Commerce and 
Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title note set out under section 1051 of Title 15 and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section constitutes subsec. (c) of section 28 of act July 22, 1954. 
Subsec. (b) of section 28 amended section 3350 of former Title 26, 
Internal Revenue Code, 1939, and subsecs. (a) and (d) thereof are 
classified to sections 1642 and 1644, respectively, of this title.
