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48 U.S.C. § 1392 — Local laws continued; courts
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Until Congress shall otherwise provide, insofar as compatible with the changed sovereignty and not in conflict with the provisions of this section and sections 1391 11 See References in Text note below. and 1394 to 1396 of this title, the laws regulating elections and the electoral franchise as set forth in the code of laws published at Amalienborg the 6th day of April, 1906, and the other local laws, in force and effect in said islands on the 17th day of January, 1917, shall remain in force and effect in said islands, and the same shall be administered by the civil officials and through the local judicial tribunals established in said islands, respectively; and the orders, judgments, and decrees of said judicial tribunals shall be duly enforced. With the approval of the President, or under such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe, any of said laws may be repealed, altered, or amended by the colonial council having jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of the judicial tribunals of said islands shall extend to all judicial proceedings and controversies in said islands to which the United States or any citizen thereof may be a party.
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Until Congress shall otherwise provide, insofar as compatible with the changed sovereignty and not in conflict with the provisions of this section and sections 1391 11 See References in Text note below. and 1394 to 1396 of this title, the laws regulating elections and the electoral franchise as set forth in the code of laws published at Amalienborg the 6th day of April, 1906, and the other local laws, in force and effect in said islands on the 17th day of January, 1917, shall remain in force and effect in said islands, and the same shall be administered by the civil officials and through the local judicial tribunals established in said islands, respectively; and the orders, judgments, and decrees of said judicial tribunals shall be duly enforced. With the approval of the President, or under such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe, any of said laws may be repealed, altered, or amended by the colonial council having jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of the judicial tribunals of said islands shall extend to all judicial proceedings and controversies in said islands to which the United States or any citizen thereof may be a party.
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Except as provided in sections 1292(c), 1292(d), and 1295 of this title, appeals from reviewable decisions of the district and territorial courts shall be taken to the courts of appeals as follows:
(1) From a district court of the United States to the court of appeals for the circuit embracing the district;
(2) From the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, to the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit;
(3) From the District Court of the Virgin Islands, to the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit;
(4) From the District Court of Guam, to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 171, § 1, 39 Stat. 1132, provided for appointment and pay of Governor of Virgin Islands and other employees.
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The Supreme Court of the United States shall consist of a Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices, any six of whom shall constitute a quorum.
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TITLE 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
§ 1391
1 See References in Text note below.
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
A new organic act, or basic charter of civil govern-
ment, for the people of the Virgin Islands of the United
States, was passed in 1954. Act July 22, 1954, ch. 558, 68
Stat. 497, known as the Revised Organic Act of the Vir-
gin Islands, is set out as section 1541 et seq. of this
title. Section 8(c) of the Revised Organic Act, set out as
section 1574(c) of this title, provides that laws of the
United States, set out generally in this chapter, as well
as local laws and ordinances, including provisions of
the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United
States, act June 22, 1936, ch. 699, 49 Stat. 1807, section
1405 et seq. of this title, in force on July 22, 1954, and
not inconsistent with act July 22, 1954, are to remain in
force and effect until otherwise changed.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
For additional provisions, constituting a revision of
the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United
States, see section 1541 et seq. of this title.
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS FROM VIRGIN ISLANDS
Provisions respecting representation in Congress by a
Delegate from Virgin Islands to the House of Rep-
resentatives, see section 1711 et seq. of this title.
§ 1391. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6,
1966, 80 Stat. 643
Section, act Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 171, § 1, 39 Stat. 1132, pro-
vided for appointment and pay of Governor of Virgin Is-
lands and other employees.
§ 1392. Local laws continued; courts
Until Congress shall otherwise provide, insofar
as compatible with the changed sovereignty and
not in conflict with the provisions of this sec-
tion and sections 1391 1
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