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Virgin Islands Statutes, Title 1

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Title 1, General Provisions

13 chapters · 146 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 1146 Ch 11, Holidays53 Ch 7, Flag, Flower, and Medals17 Ch 1, Virgin Islands Code12 Ch 3, Rules of Construction12 Ch 3A, The Uniform Electronic Legal Materia…11 Ch 5, Territorial Limits of Towns, Quarter…11 Ch 9, Interstate Cooperation9 Ch 2, Publication of Session Laws6 Ch 15, Government Agency Meetings Open to P…6 Ch 19, Office of Status Education4 Ch 17, Law Commissions3 Ch 13, Miscellaneous2

12 sections·Filtered byTitle 1✕Ch 3✕

1 V.I.C. § 41 Words denoting number, gender, etc.; definitions
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As used in this Code or in any Act of the Legislature, unless it is otherwise provided or the context requires a different construction, application, or meaning— words importing the singular include and apply to several persons, parties, or things; words importing the plural incl…
1 V.I.C. § 42 Words and phrases
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Words and phrases shall be read with their context and shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the English language. Technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed and un…
1 V.I.C. § 43 Words giving joint authority
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Words giving a joint authority to three or more public officers, or other persons, shall be construed as giving the authority to a majority of them, unless it be otherwise expressed in the provisions of law giving the authority.
1 V.I.C. § 44 Classification and arrangement of titles, etc
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The classification and organization of the titles, parts, chapters, subchapters, and sections of this Code, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference, or presumption of a legislative construct…

1 V.I.C. § 45 Analyses of titles, parts, chapters, etc.; section headings; notes

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(a) The following matter does not constitute part of the law —(1) the various analyses set out in this Code, constituting enumerations or lists of the titles, parts, chapters, subchapters and sections of this Code;(2) the descriptive headings or catchlines, other than the section…

1 V.I.C. § 46 Amendments of Acts and Code provisions

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(a) Any Act that amends another Act or provision of this Code which previously had been amended by any other Act, shall be construed as amending, also, the amendatory provisions of the other Act, though it make no reference thereto. (b) Any Act that amends the provisions of any o…

1 V.I.C. § 47 Repeal of amended Acts and Code provisions

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The repeal of any Act or part thereof, or provision of this Code, includes all amendments to that Act, part, or provision, though the repealing Act makes no reference to the amendments.

1 V.I.C. § 48 Repeal of amending Acts

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The repeal of any provision of an Act, which amends a provision of a prior Act or of this Code, leaves the prior provision in force unless the amendatory provision is a substantial reenactment of the prior provision.

1 V.I.C. § 49 Repeal of repealing Acts

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The repeal of the provision of any Act, which repeals a prior Act, or part of a prior Act, or provision of this Code, does not revive the prior Act, part, or provision, unless it is expressly so provided.

1 V.I.C. § 50 Repeal or expiration of statutes as affecting rights and liabilities

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(a) The repeal of any Act, part of any Act, or provision of this Code does not release or extinguish any right acquired, or penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred, under the Act, part, or provision, and existing at the time of the repeal, unless the repealing Act expressly so…

1 V.I.C. § 51 Severability of code and of statutory provisions

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Except as otherwise specifically provided, if any provision of this Code, of any amendment hereto, or of any Act or statute of the Virgin Islands, or the application of any such provision to any person, thing, or circumstance, is determined by any court of competent jurisdiction …

1 V.I.C. § 52 Effective date of acts

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Unless otherwise specifically provided therein, the effective date of bills enacted by the Legislature shall be the date of approval of same by the Governor, or the date such bill becomes law without his approval as provided in section 9, subsection (d) of the Revised Organic Act…