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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 4 - Judiciary » Chapter 17 - Judicial Officers

§ 281. Powers of judicial officers as to conduct of proceeding

Every judicial officer shall have power: (1) To preserve and enforce order in his immediate presence and in the proceedings before him, when he is engaged in the performance of a duty imposed on him by law; (2) To compel obedience to his lawful orders; (3) To compel the attendance of persons to testify in […]

§ 282. Power to punish for contempt

For the effectual exercise of the powers conferred in the last section a judicial officer may punish for contempt in the cases and in the manner provided by law.

§ 284. Disqualifications of judge

No judge or justice shall sit or act as such in any action or proceeding: (1) To which he is a party or in which he is primarily interested; (2) When he is related to either party, or to an officer of a corporation which is a party, by blood or marriage within the third […]

§ 285. Duty to disclose disqualification

Whenever a judge shall have knowledge of any fact which, under the provisions of section 284 of this title, disqualifies him to sit or act as such in any action or proceeding pending before him, it shall be his duty to declare the same in open court and cause a memorandum thereof to be entered […]

§ 286. Objection to competency; decision

No challenge as to the competency of any judge shall be received or allowed; but if it is plain that the judge is disqualified under the provisions of section 284 of this title, the party objecting to competency may, in writing, file with the judge his objection, stating the grounds therefor and the judge shall […]

§ 287. Proceedings when judge disqualified

Whenever the judge of the district court is disqualified under the provision of section 284 of this title to sit in any action or proceeding he shall immediately notify the chief judge of the Third Judicial Circuit of his disqualification. Whenever a judge of the Superior Court is disqualified he shall immediately notify the Chief […]

§ 288. Restrictions on activities of judges and court officers

(a) No justice, judge, clerk of court, deputy, assistant or other officer or employee of a court shall practice law during his continuance in office or be in partnership with a practicing attorney. (b) Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Superior Court shall devote all their time exclusively to the court and […]