---
kind: "unit"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
key: "ch12/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "Legislative Branch"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/ch12-schIII"
sections_count: 11
---

# Subchapter III — Legislative Branch

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

## Sections

- [§1571. Legislature](/usc/48/1571.md)
- [§1572. Legislators](/usc/48/1572.md)
- [§1573. Time, frequency, and duration of regular sessions; special sessions; place of holding](/usc/48/1573.md)
- [§1574. Legislative powers and activities](/usc/48/1574.md)
- [§1574–1. Applicability of laws referred to in section 502(a)(1) of Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands](/usc/48/1574-1.md)
- [§1574a. Revenue bonds or other obligations](/usc/48/1574a.md)
- [§1574b. Federal guarantee for issuance of revenue bonds or other obligations](/usc/48/1574b.md)
- [§1574c. Priority for payment of principal and interest of revenue bonds or other obligations](/usc/48/1574c.md)
- [§1574d. Repealed.](/usc/48/1574d.md)
- [§1575. Legislative procedure](/usc/48/1575.md)
- [§1576. General elections; time; transfer of Council functions, property, etc.](/usc/48/1576.md)