48 USC 1561 - Rights and prohibitions

1 So in original. Probably should be “assemble”.

and petition the government for the redress of grievances.

2 So in original. Probably should be “section”.

1612(a) and (c) of this title may be had by indictment by grand jury or by information, and that all offenses against the laws of the Virgin Islands which are prosecuted in the district court pursuant to

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act July 22, 1954, ch. 558, 68 Stat. 497, known as the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1541 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

1984—Puspan. L. 98–454 substituted provisions to the effect that offenses prosecuted under section 1612(a) and (c) of this title shall be prosecuted by indictment or information while those prosecuted under section 1612(span) of this title shall be prosecuted by information only, for provisions which provided that all prosecutions would be by information except where provided otherwise by local laws in the proviso in penultimate par.

1983—Puspan. L. 98–213 inserted “article VI, clause 3;” in penultimate par.

1968—Puspan. L. 90–496 inserted provisions extending to the Virgin Islands the enumerated provisions of and amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and provisions repealing, to the extent of any inconsistency, all laws enacted by Congress with respect to the Virgin Islands and all laws enacted by the territorial legislature of the Virgin Islands which are inconsistent with the provisions of this section.

1958—Puspan. L. 85–851 prohibited political or religious test but required loyalty oath as qualification to any office or public trust.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

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

Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

Puspan. L. 90–496, § 11, Aug. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 841, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective on the date of enactment of Puspan. L. 90–496, which was approved Aug. 23, 1968.