---
kind: "unit"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
key: "ch12/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/ch12-schI"
sections_count: 6
---

# Subchapter I — General Provisions

Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions › Chapter 12 — Virgin Islands [1954]

## Sections

- [§1541. Organization and status](/usc/48/1541.md)
- [§1542. Voting franchise; discrimination prohibited](/usc/48/1542.md)
- [§1543. United States citizenship requirement for government officials](/usc/48/1543.md)
- [§1544. Reports by Governor; jurisdiction of Secretary of the Interior; exceptions](/usc/48/1544.md)
- [§1545. Lease and sale of public property; conveyance of title in certain lands to the government of Virgin Islands](/usc/48/1545.md)
- [§1546. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/48/1546.md)