U.S. Code, Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions

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Author: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel"

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§ 1543. United States Citizenship Requirement for Government Officials

     All members of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, all judges and all officials of the government of the Virgin Islands who report directly to the Governor shall be citizens of the United States.

(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 29, 68 Stat. 509; Pub. L. 98–213, § 5(a), Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1460.)

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     1983—Pub. L. 98–213 amended section generally, substituting provisions requiring United States citizenship for all members of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and all officials who report directly to the Governor for provisions requiring such citizenship for all officers of the Virgin Islands, and struck out provisions requiring written oaths and prescribing the oath.

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Chicago: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", "§ 1543. United States Citizenship Requirement for Government Officials," U.S. Code, Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions in U.S. Code, Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2002), Original Sources, accessed March 22, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LBKMVS89RBHQC2W.

MLA: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel". "§ 1543. United States Citizenship Requirement for Government Officials." U.S. Code, Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions, in U.S. Code, Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 2002, Original Sources. 22 Mar. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LBKMVS89RBHQC2W.

Harvard: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", '§ 1543. United States Citizenship Requirement for Government Officials' in U.S. Code, Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. cited in 2002, U.S. Code, Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.. Original Sources, retrieved 22 March 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LBKMVS89RBHQC2W.