# 48 U.S.C. § 1392: Local laws continued; courts

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## Section

- **Citation:** 48 U.S.C. § 1392
- **Heading:** Local laws continued; courts
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** April 17, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS > CHAPTER 7—VIRGIN ISLANDS > SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS

## Text

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  1 1
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approval of the President, or under such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe, any of said laws may be repealed, altered, or amended by the colonial council having jurisdiction.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.

( Mar. 3, 1917, ch. 171, § 2 , 39 Stat. 1132 ; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39 , 62 Stat. 992 .)

## Nearby sections

- [48 U.S.C. § 1391 Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 643](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t48_s1391.md)
- [48 U.S.C. § 1392 Local laws continued; courts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t48_s1392.md)
- [48 U.S.C. § 1392a Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 650 , 654](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t48_s1392a.md)
- [48 U.S.C. § 1392b Repealed. Pub. L. 97–357, title III, § 308(c) , Oct. 19, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1710](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t48_s1392b.md)
- [48 U.S.C. § 1393 Repealed. Pub. L. 97–357, title III, § 308(a) , Oct. 19, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1710](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t48_s1393.md)
- [48 U.S.C. § 1394 Customs duties and internal-revenue taxes](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t48_s1394.md)
- [48 U.S.C. § 1395 Tax laws continued; tax on sugar](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t48_s1395.md)
- [48 U.S.C. § 1396 Duties and taxes covered into Virgin Islands treasury](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t48_s1396.md)
- [48 U.S.C. § 1397 Income tax laws of United States in force; payment of proceeds; levy of surtax on all taxpayers](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t48_s1397.md)
- [48 U.S.C. § 1398 Omitted](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t48_s1398.md)
- [48 U.S.C. § 1399 Repealed. Pub. L. 97–357, title III, § 308(b) , Oct. 19, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1710](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t48_s1399.md)
- [48 U.S.C. § 1400 Repealed. Pub. L. 98–454, title VII, § 709 , Oct. 5, 1984 , 98 Stat. 1741](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t48_s1400.md)
- [48 U.S.C. § 1401 to 1401e Repealed. Pub. L. 110–40, § 1(a) , June 29, 2007 , 121 Stat. 232](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t48_s1401...1401e.md)
- [48 U.S.C. § 1401f Omitted](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t48_s1401f.md)

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