Annual edition
Pub. L. 99–396 amended section generally, substituting provisions giving people of Virgin Islands the rights of initiative and recall and spelling out ways in which those rights are to be exercised for provisions which had formerly only set out a method for removal of Governor by referendum election.
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Pub. L. 99–396, § 1, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 837.
Aug 23, 1968 – Aug 27, 1986
Amended · full text not held
Pub. L. 90–496 substituted provisions authorizing the removal of the Governor from office by a recall referendum for provisions authorizing the appointment of a Government Secretary for the Virgin Islands, and provisions setting forth his powers and duties.
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Pub. L. 90–496, § 5, Aug. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 838
Jul 22, 1954 – Aug 23, 1968
Enacted · full text not held
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July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 12, 68 Stat. 503
