18 U.S.C. § 3241 — Jurisdiction of offenses under certain sections
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 55 words · no verdicts yet
The District Court of the Virgin Islands may hear U.S. offenses committed within its territory, unless local law makes them inapplicable. It shares jurisdiction with U.S. district courts over U.S. offenses committed on the high seas.
The District Court of the Virgin Islands has jurisdiction over offenses under U.S. law, to the extent that law is not locally inapplicable, committed within the court’s territorial jurisdiction. It also has concurrent jurisdiction with U.S. district courts over offenses against U.S. law committed on the high seas.
The District Court of the Virgin Islands shall have jurisdiction of offenses under the laws of the United States, not locally inapplicable, committed within the territorial jurisdiction of such courts, and jurisdiction, concurrently with the district courts of the United States, of offenses against the laws of the United States committed upon the high seas.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 827; Pub. L. 85–508, § 12(i), July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 348; Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4004(e), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1812.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 827
- 1958Amended · Pub. L. 85-508 · 72 Stat. 348
- 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-273 · 116 Stat. 1812
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.
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