Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands

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federal law of the United States governing charter organic act

The Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands is the foundational federal law that serves as the constitution-like governing charter for the U.S. Virgin Islands, defining its political structure, powers, and relationship with the United States.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1954	2
Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1936	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal law of the United States ⓘ governing charter ⓘ organic act ⓘ
appliesTo	U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands government institutions of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ residents of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
appliesWithin	Caribbean territory of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
basisFor	local laws of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
constitutionalRole	serves as de facto constitution of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defines	political structure of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ powers of the government of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ relationship between the United States Virgin Islands and the United States federal government ⓘ
determines	distribution of powers between local and federal authorities in the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ Governor of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: Office of the Governor of the Virgin Islands structure of the courts of the Virgin Islands ⓘ
function	serves as constitution-like charter for the U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
governs	civil government of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ Government of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: executive branch of the United States Virgin Islands judicial branch of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ legislative branch of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ public administration in the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
grants	limited self-government to the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
jurisdiction	U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands
language	English ⓘ
legalHierarchy	subordinate to the Constitution of the United States ⓘ
legalNature	territorial constitution substitute ⓘ
legalStatus	federal statute ⓘ
predecessor	Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1936
regulates	elections in the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ executive powers of the Governor of the Virgin Islands ⓘ judicial powers of the courts of the Virgin Islands ⓘ legislative powers of the Virgin Islands Legislature ⓘ
scope	internal governance of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ relations between the United States Virgin Islands and the United States federal government ⓘ
sourceOfAuthorityFor	Governor of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: Governor of the Virgin Islands Legislature of the Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: Virgin Islands Legislature Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: courts of the Virgin Islands
subjectOf	United States territorial governance policy ⓘ United States territorial law ⓘ territorial self-government in the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentEstablished	territorial government ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Superior Court of the Virgin Islands → appliesLaw → Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands → authorizedBy → Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Government of the United States Virgin Islands → basicLaw → Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1954

Government of the United States Virgin Islands → createdBy → Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1954

Legislature of the Virgin Islands → establishedBy → Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

D.V.I. → governingStatute → Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Governor of the United States Virgin Islands → legalBasis → Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Legislature of the Virgin Islands → legalBasis → Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands ⓘ

Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands → predecessor → Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1936