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title: "48 U.S.C. § 1615"
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title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
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# 48 U.S.C. § 1615 - Judicial divisions
## Text
The Virgin Islands consists of two judicial divisions; the Division of Saint Croix, comprising the island of Saint Croix and adjacent islands and cays, and the Division of Saint Thomas and Saint John, comprising the islands of Saint Thomas and Saint John and adjacent islands and cays.
(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 25, 68 Stat. 507; Pub. L. 95598, title III, § 336(b), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2680; Pub. L. 98454, title VII, § 707, title X, § 1001, Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1741, 1745; Pub. L. 101219, title II, § 203, Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1874.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1989—Pub. L. 101219 struck out provision that court for the Division of Saint Croix be held in Christiansted and for the Division of Saint Thomas and Saint John at Charlotte Amalie. 1984—Pub. L. 98454 amended section generally, inserting provisions setting forth places for the holding of court of each judicial division and striking out provisions relating to the applicability of procedural rules and prosecutions by information and indictment, which are now covered under section 1614 of this title, and repealed section 336 of Pub. L. 95598 which had amended this section. 1978—Pub. L. 95598 substituted “section 2075 of title 28 in cases under title 11” for “section 53 of title 11 in bankruptcy cases”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1984 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 98454 effective on ninetieth day following Oct. 5, 1984, see section 1005 of Pub. L. 98454, set out as a note under section 1424 of this title.
Effective Date of 1978 AmendmentPub. L. 95598, title IV, § 402(e), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2682, which provided a prospective effective date for the amendment of this section by section 336(b) of Pub. L. 95598, was repealed by Pub. L. 98454, title X, § 1001, Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1745.