Resolutions of the Legislature providing for inquiries and investigations shall contain a limit of cost of the investigation, which limit shall not be exceeded except by vote of the Legislature authorizing additional amounts.
The Legislature’s Committee on Rules & Judiciary shall exchange fingerprint data with and receive criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation for use in receiving, considering and making recommendations on individuals nominated for public Government offices and judgeships and individuals appointed to Boards and Commissions. Pursuant to §16 of the Revised Organic […]
(a) All officers and employees of the government of the Virgin Islands, and all other persons whether connected with the government of the Virgin Islands or not, shall appear and give and furnish to the Legislature or any of its committees, upon request, such information, records, and documents as the Legislature or any such committee […]
(a) The form of the subpoena shall be prescribed by the presiding officer of the Legislature, and may be served by any judicial officer or by any elector of the Virgin Islands; and the affidavit of the person so serving the subpoena that he has delivered a copy thereof to the witness is evidence of […]
The presiding officer of the Legislature, or the Chairman of any committee referred to in section 2 of this title, or any member of the Legislature may administer oaths to witnesses in any case under examination by the Legislature or the committee, or in any matter depending therein.
A person sworn and examined before the Legislature or any committee shall not be held to answer criminally or be subject to any penalty or forfeiture for any fact or act touching which he is required to testify. Any statement made or paper produced by such witness shall not be competent evidence in any criminal […]
Whoever neglects or refuses to appear before the Legislature or any of its committees in obedience to subpoena may be arrested by a member of the territorial Police Force on the order of the Legislature or committee, and brought before the Legislature or committee. The only warrant or authority necessary to authorize the arrest shall […]
Whoever, having been summoned as a witness by the authority of the Legislature or any committee referred to in section 2 of this title, to give testimony or to produce books, documents, records, or papers upon any matter under inquiry or investigation before the Legislature or committee, willfully makes default or disobeys the subpoena, or, […]
(a) If the contempt referred to in section 7 of this title is committed before a committee during a session of the Legislature, the committee shall report the contempt to the Legislature for such action as may be deemed necessary by the Legislature. (b) If the contempt is committed before a committee when the Legislature […]
Proceedings for the punishment of the contempt as provided for in this chapter shall be brought in the District Court of the Virgin Islands in the name of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands and shall be prosecuted by the United States attorney or his representative. In all such cases, the proceedings shall […]
