---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 1393"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
number: "1393"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 97–357, title III, § 308(a), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1710"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/1393"
units:
  - "Chapter 7 — Virgin Islands"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# [§1393. Repealed. Pub. L. 97–357, title III, § 308(a), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1710 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, act July 12, 1921, ch. 44, § 1, 42 Stat. 123, declared as ineligible to hold office as a member of colonial councils of Virgin Islands or any other public office under Virgin Islands government, anyone owing allegiance to any country other than United States.