Title 5 — Judicial Procedure
63 chapters · 721 sections in this title.
5 V.I.C. § 3861 Definitions
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“Witness” as used in this chapter shall include a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding or investigation by a Grand Jury or in a Criminal Action, Prosecution or Proceeding. The word “summons” shall include a subpoena, order or other notice requiring the appearance o…
5 V.I.C. § 3862 Summoning witness in the Virgin Islands to testify in another state
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If a judge of a court of record in any state which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within that state to attend and testify in the Virgin Islands certifies under the seal of such court that there is a criminal prosecution pending in such court, or that a gran…
5 V.I.C. § 3863 Witness from another state summoned to testify in the Virgin Islands
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If a person in any state, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in criminal prosecutions in the Virgin Islands, is a material witness in a prosecution pending in a court of record in the Virgin Islands, a judge of suc…
5 V.I.C. § 3864 Exemption from arrest and service of process
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If a person comes into the Virgin Islands in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in the Virgin Islands he shall not while in the Virgin Islands pursuant to such summons be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with ma…
5 V.I.C. § 3865 Uniformity of interpretation
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This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those jurisdictions which enact it.