48 USC 1612 - Jurisdiction of District Court

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

1986—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 99–514 substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”, which for purposes of codification was translated as “title 26” thus requiring no change in text.

1984—Puspan. L. 98–454 amended section generally, designating existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted provisions that District Court would have all jurisdiction of a district court of the United States, including diversity jurisdiction and bankruptcy jurisdiction as well as civil and criminal matters regarding the income tax laws applicable to the Virgin Islands for former provisions conferring general jurisdiction on the court and providing for the transfer of cases, repealed section 336 of Puspan. L. 95–598, which had amended this section, and added subsecs. (span) and (c).

1978—Puspan. L. 95–598 inserted “and a bankruptcy court” after “jurisdiction of a district court”.

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 1978 Amendment

Puspan. 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(a) of Puspan. L. 95–598, was repealed by Puspan. L. 98–454, title X, § 1001, Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1745.

Jurisdiction of District Court Over Pending Cases

Puspan. L. 98–454, title VII, § 703(span), Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1738, provided that:

“The provisions of this section [amending this section] shall not result in the loss of jurisdiction of the District Court of the Virgin Islands over any complaint or proceeding pending in it on the day preceding the effective date of this amendatory Act [see Effective Date of 1984 Amendment note set out under section 1424 of this title] and such complaint and proceeding may be pursued to final determination in the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the Supreme Court, notwithstanding the provisions of this amendatory Act [Puspan. L. 98–454].”