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Title 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS > CHAPTER 12—VIRGIN ISLANDS [1954] > SUBCHAPTER III—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

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The legislative power and authority of the Virgin Islands shall be vested in a legislature, consisting of one house, to be designated the “Legislature of the Virgin Islands”, herein referred to as the legislature.

( July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 5 , 68 Stat. 498 ; Pub. L. 89–548, § 1 , Aug. 30, 1966 , 80 Stat. 371 ; Pub. L. 106–364, § 1 , Oct. 27, 2000 , 114 Stat. 1408 .)

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Legislature · 48 U.S.C. § 1571 | Frix