Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§1406l Effective Date
Title 48 › CHAPTER 7 — VIRGIN ISLANDS › SUBCHAPTER II — CIVIL GOVERNMENT › § 1406l
Summary
Effective June 22, 1936. Until the new rules take effect, the Virgin Islands government keeps operating and current officers stay in their jobs until successors qualify or are removed.
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Title 48, §1406l
Territories and Insular Possessions, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
This subchapter shall take effect June 22, 1936, but until its provisions shall severally become operative as herein provided, the corresponding legislative, executive, and judicial functions of the existing government shall continue to be exercised as now provided by law or ordinance, and the present incumbents of all offices under the Government of the Virgin Islands shall continue in office until their successors are appointed and have qualified unless sooner removed by competent authority.
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48 U.S.C. § 1406l
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102