48 USC § 1406l - Effective date

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identifier: "/us/usc/t48/s1406l"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "48 USC § 1406l - Effective date"
title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
section_number: "1406l"
section_name: "Effective date"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "VIRGIN ISLANDS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL GOVERNMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 22, 1936, ch. 699, § 40, 49 Stat. 1817.)"
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# § 1406l. Effective date

June 22, 1936

This subchapter shall take effect , but until its provisions shall severally become operative as herein provided, the corresponding legislative, executive, and judicial functions of the existing government shall continue to be exercised as now provided by law or ordinance, and the present incumbents of all offices under the Government of the Virgin Islands shall continue in office until their successors are appointed and have qualified unless sooner removed by competent authority.

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**Source Credit**: (June 22, 1936, ch. 699, § 40, 49 Stat. 1817.)