(a) The Department may enforce and ensure compliance with this chapter. In performing its duties, the Department has the following powers and duties:(1) To aid in the enforcement of this chapter, or any Department regulation adopted, or order issued pursuant to this chapter, the Department may make necessary public or private investigations within or outside the Virgin Islands to determine whether any person has violated or is about to violate this chapter, or any Department regulation adopted, or order issued pursuant to this chapter.(2) The Department may require or permit any person to file a written statement under oath or otherwise, as the Department determines, as to the facts and circumstances concerning a matter under investigation.(3) Notwithstanding any remedies available to purchasers, if the Department has reasonable cause to believe that a violation of this chapter, or of any Department regulation adopted or order issued pursuant to this chapter, has occurred, the Department may institute enforcement proceedings in its own name against any regulated party and may bring an action in Superior Court for declaratory or injunctive relief or for other appropriate relief, including restitution.
(1) To aid in the enforcement of this chapter, or any Department regulation adopted, or order issued pursuant to this chapter, the Department may make necessary public or private investigations within or outside the Virgin Islands to determine whether any person has violated or is about to violate this chapter, or any Department regulation adopted, or order issued pursuant to this chapter.
(2) The Department may require or permit any person to file a written statement under oath or otherwise, as the Department determines, as to the facts and circumstances concerning a matter under investigation.
(3) Notwithstanding any remedies available to purchasers, if the Department has reasonable cause to believe that a violation of this chapter, or of any Department regulation adopted or order issued pursuant to this chapter, has occurred, the Department may institute enforcement proceedings in its own name against any regulated party and may bring an action in Superior Court for declaratory or injunctive relief or for other appropriate relief, including restitution.
(b) The Department may issue an order requiring a regulated party to cease and desist from an unlawful practice under this chapter and take such affirmative action as in the judgment of the Department will carry or to purposes of this chapter.
(c) Any action commenced by the Department must be brought in the judicial division where the violation occurred.
(d) Notice to any regulated party is complete when delivered by United States mail, return receipt requested, to the party’s address currently on file with the Department or to such other address at which the Department is able to locate the party.
(e) The use of any unfair or deceptive act or practice by any person in connection with the sales or other operations of an exchange program or timeshare plan is a violation of this chapter. The Department may institute proceedings against any such person and take any appropriate action authorized in this section in connection therewith, notwithstanding any remedies available to purchasers.