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V.I. Code tit. 10, § 7 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 1 - Equal Rights of All Persons Against Discrimination|§ 7. Penalties for violations

 Whoever, whether as owner, officer, manager, agent, or employee of any business or industrial establishment, labor organization, place of public accommodation, resort or amusement, or club, violates any of the provisions of this chapter, shall, for each and every such violation, be — (1) liable in actual damages, and in addition, thereto, to punitive damages not to exceed $5,000 to be recovered in a civil action by the person aggrieved thereby or by any resident of the United States Virgin Islands to whom the person aggrieved may assign his cause of action; and (2) fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. The owner or owners of any business where an offense mentioned herein has been committed by his or its officer, manager, agent, or employee, such owner or owners shall be severally and/or jointly liable with the offender for the actual and punitive damages provided for herein. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense. Neither penalty nor action listed above, in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section, shall be a bar to the other, and recovery or action in one shall not preclude action or recovery in the other or in any other lawful remedy otherwise possessed by an aggrieved person. Any person who conspires with another person to violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be liable as a principal violator and subject to all of the penalties above.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 8 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 1 - Equal Rights of All Persons Against Discrimination|§ 8. Revocation of license by District Court; procedure

 Whenever the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands has information that any person engages in any act, or adopts or pursues any custom, policy, practice, or requirement amounting in effect to violation or evasion of this chapter, he shall procure a rule to show cause to issue out of the District Court of the Virgin Islands requiring such person to show cause before such court why his license to do business should not be revoked because of an act or acts committed against public policy. If the court finds that such person has violated or is violating any of the provisions of this chapter, it shall order his license revoked or suspended because of an act or acts committed against public policy.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 9 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 1 - Equal Rights of All Persons Against Discrimination|§ 9. Revocation of license or tax exemption by Governor

 In addition to any other penalties provided for in this chapter, the license to conduct a business, or to sell any articles or facilities or services, or any tax or fee exemption or subsidy granted under the provisions of subtitle 4 of Title 33, of any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter in connection with such business, sale of articles or facilities or services may, in the discretion of the Governor, after adequate notice and hearing, be revoked, suspended or its renewal denied.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 10 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 1 - Equal Rights of All Persons Against Discrimination|§ 10. Construction of chapter

 The courts shall construe this chapter liberally in furtherance of its intent as stated in section 1 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 11 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 1 - Equal Rights of All Persons Against Discrimination|§ 11. Discrimination against members of the National Guard; application of chapter

 (a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person engaged in any activity to which this chapter applies to discriminate against any other person because he or she is or has been an officer or member of the National Guard of the United States Virgin Islands. (b) All of the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to any proceedings to prevent, enforce, and remedy violations of subsection (a) of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 41 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 3 - Requirements With Respect to Licensees|§ 41. Statement of compliance with Civil Rights Act

 Every holder of a license issued after July 9, 1961, shall be required to sign a statement: (1) that he will comply with any and all provisions of the Civil Rights Act of the United States Virgin Islands applicable to his or its business, and (2) that he will post as a condition of its continuing validity his license, and/or any other display which the Civil Rights Commission may require, in a prominent place in his business place or office.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 42 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 3 - Requirements With Respect to Licensees|§ 42. Display of compliance sign or monogram

 The Civil Rights Commission shall require licensees to display a sign in their business places bearing the inscription: “This business complies with the Civil Rights Act of the United States Virgin Islands”. In lieu of such sign and inscription, the Civil Rights Commission may create or authorize the creation of a monogram which, when posted, shall signify that the business where displayed does comply with the Civil Rights Act.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 43 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 3 - Requirements With Respect to Licensees|§ 43. Issuance of copy of Civil Rights Act to licensees

 The Civil Rights Commission shall mail a printed copy of the Civil Rights Act to each current licensee of record and shall issue a copy of the same with any license hereafter issued by him.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 44 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 3 - Requirements With Respect to Licensees|§ 44. Penalties for violation or for failure to show license

 Whoever, being the holder of any license to do business in the United States Virgin Islands, fails to display same prominently in his business place during business hours or a government-issued monogram in lieu thereof as provided in section 42 of this title, or fails to produce and show his license to police inspectors when demanded, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not exceeding $200 or by imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or by both.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 61 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission|§ 61. Construction

 The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the territory for the protection of the public welfare, health and peace of the people of this territory and in fulfillment of the provisions of the Revised Organic Act of this territory concerning Civil Rights. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the territory has the responsibility to act to assure that every individual within this territory is afforded an equal opportunity to enjoy a full and productive life and that failure to provide such equal opportunity, whether because of discrimination, prejudice, intolerance or inadequate education, training, housing or health care not only threatens the rights and proper privileges of its inhabitants but menaces the institutions and foundation of a free democratic state and threatens the peace, order, health, safety and general welfare of the territory and its inhabitants. A Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission is hereby created to encourage programs designed to insure that every individual shall have an equal opportunity to participate fully in the economic, cultural and intellectual life of the territory; to encourage and promote the development and execution by all persons within the territory of such programs; to eliminate and prevent discrimination in employment, in places of public accommodation, resort or amusement, in educational institutions, in public services, in housing accommodations and in commercial space and to take other actions against discrimination as herein provided; and the Commission established hereunder is hereby given general jurisdiction and power for such purposes.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 62 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission|§ 62. Commission on Civil Rights—Establishment

 (a) There is established, within the Department of Justice for budgetary purposes only, a Commission to be known as the Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission. (b) The Commission shall be composed of seven members who shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature. Membership on the Commission shall represent the pluralistic nature of United States Virgin Islands society. There shall be appointed as members of the Commission individuals of both sexes, residents of the three islands, representatives from the three major political parties, and members of all ethnic groupings residing in the United States Virgin Islands. (c) A vacancy in the Commission shall not impair the right of the remaining members to exercise all the powers of the Commission, and shall be filled in the same manner, and subject to the same limitation with respect to party affiliations as the original appointment was made. (d) Four members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 63 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission|§ 63. Powers and duties of the Commission

 The Commission shall have the following powers and duties: (a) Enforce the provisions of this title; (b) Investigate allegations in writing under oath or affirmation that citizens of the United States, otherwise qualified to vote, are being deprived of their right to vote and have that vote counted by reason of their color, race, religion, national origin, sex and/or political affiliation; which writing under oath or affirmation, shall set forth the facts upon which such beliefs are based; (c) Investigate allegations in writing, under oath, or affirmation, on the complaint of any person constituting the denials of equal protection or of the laws because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex and/or political affiliation including but not limited to the fields of education, housing, real estate, employment, the uses of public facilities and transportation, the service by public utilities, or in the administration of justice; (d) Study and collect information concerning legal developments constituting a denial of equal protection of the laws of the United States Virgin Islands because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex and/or political affiliation, or in the administration of justice; (e) Appraise the laws and policies of the United States Virgin Islands with respect to denials of equal protection of the laws of race, color, religion, national origin, sex and/or political affiliation, or in the administration of justice; (f) Establish and maintain a central repository and develop a procedure to monitor, record, classify and analyze information relating to crimes committed under Title 14 of this code and other incidents directed against persons or groups based upon their race, religion, color, national origin, sex, ethnicity, handicap or political affiliation. The Commission shall summarize and analyze the information received and file an annual report with the Governor and the Legislature of the United States Virgin Islands and shall make it available to the Virgin Islands Police Department to the extent that such information is reasonably necessary or useful in carrying out its duties. (g) Hold fact-finding hearings, conduct major investigations and research projects, and sponsor conferences to gather and disseminate information relating to human rights, and human rights problems; (h) The Commission shall have the power to impose sanctions or to provide specific remedies in individual cases.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 65 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission|§ 65. Compensation of members

 (a) Each member of the Commission who is not otherwise in the service of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands shall receive the sum of $30 per day for each day spent in the work of the Commission plus actual and necessary expenses incurred thereby. (b) Each member of the Commission who is otherwise in the service of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for such other service, but while engaged in the work of the Commission shall be paid actual and necessary expenses.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 66 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission|§ 66. Powers—Staff Director, appointment and compensation; personnel and services

 There shall be a full-time director for the Commission who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislature and who shall receive compensation at a rate not to exceed $18,500 per annum. The Governor shall consult with the Commission before submitting the nomination of any person for appointment to the position of staff director. Within the limitations of its appropriations, the Commission may appoint such other personnel as it deems advisable, in accordance with personnel laws and regulations of the United States Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 67 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission|§ 67. Voluntary personnel

 The Commission may accept or utilize services of voluntary or uncompensated personnel.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 68 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission|§ 68. Hearings; issuance of subpoenas

 (a) The Commission, or on the authorization of the Commission, the Director, or any subcommittee of two or more members, may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title, hold such hearings and act at such times and places as the Commission or such authorized subcommittee may deem advisable. Subpoenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of written or other matter may be issued in accordance with the rules of the Commission, over the signature of the Chairman of the Commission or of such subcommittee, and may be served by any person designated by such Chairman. The holding of hearings by the Commission, or the Director, or the appointment of a subcommittee to hold hearings pursuant to this subsection, must be approved by a majority of the Commission, or by a majority of the members present at a meeting at which at least a quorum of four members is present. (b) In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena, the District Court, or the Superior Court of the United States Virgin Islands, upon application by the Commission, shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring such person to appear before the Commission or a subcommittee thereof, there to produce pertinent, relevant and nonprivileged evidence if so ordered, or there to give testimony touching the matter under investigation; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by said court as a contempt thereof.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 69 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission|§ 69. Rules and regulations

 The Commission shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 70 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission|§ 70. Veterans' special rights or preference

 Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to repeal or modify any law creating special rights or preferences for veterans.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 71 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission|§ 71. Enforcement provisions—Penalties

 (a) Whenever it is charged in writing under oath by a person claiming to be aggrieved, or a written charge has been filed by a member of the Commission where he has reasonable cause to believe a violation of this chapter has occurred, the Commission shall furnish the respondent with a copy of such charge and shall hold an investigation and hearing of such charge as provided in section 72 of this chapter. The Commission shall commence its investigation within 72 hours after the filing of a complaint with it. (b) If the Commission determines that the respondent has violated any of the provisions under this chapter, the Commission shall state its findings of fact and conclusions of law and issue an order requiring the respondent to cease and desist, and issue such appropriate orders as in the judgment of the Commission will carry out the purposes of this chapter. Any person, employer, labor organization or employment agency, who or which shall wilfully resist, prevent, impede or interfere with the Commission or any of its employees or representatives in the performance of duty under this chapter, or shall wilfully violate an order of the Commission, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, or by both. The Commission may, in addition to the foregoing, do either or both of the following: (1) File a criminal complaint with the office of the Attorney General charging a violation of this chapter, in which case the respondent may, if convicted, be fined not more than $2,000 or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (2) File a civil action as provided in section 73 of this chapter, in which case the person aggrieved may recover damages as provided in this title.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 72 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission|§ 72. Service of formal charge; notice of hearing; filing of answer; amendments

 (a) Unless the Commission has issued an order dismissing the complaint, it shall serve on the respondent, by registered or certified mail, a formal statement of the charge and notice of a hearing at a time and place specified in the notice. A copy of the notice shall be furnished to the complainant, Attorney General, and any other party to the proceeding. (b) The respondent may file an answer, under oath, with the Commission in person or by registered or certified mail in accordance with the Commission's rules. The Commission shall furnish a copy of the answer to the complainant and any other party to the proceeding. The complainant or the Commission may amend a complaint and the respondent may amend an answer at any time prior to the issuance of an order based on the charge. (c) A respondent shall have the right to appear at the hearing with or without representation, may examine and cross-examine witnesses and the complainant, and may offer evidence. The complainant may intervene, examine and cross-examine witnesses and present evidence. In the discretion of the Commission, any party in interest may intervene, examine and cross-examine witnesses and present evidence.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 73 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission|§ 73. Civil actions by the Commission; complaint

 Whenever the Commission has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any of the rights secured by this chapter, and that pattern or practice is of such a nature and is intended to deny the full exercise of the rights herein described, the Commission may bring a civil action in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands by filing with it a complaint (1) signed by the Chairman (or in his absence the Vice-Chairman) of the Commission, (2) setting forth facts pertaining to such pattern or practice, and (3) requesting such relief, including an application for permanent injunction, temporary injunction or restraining order, as provided in section 74 of this chapter, or other order against the person or persons responsible for such pattern or practice, as it deems necessary to insure the full enjoyment of the rights herein described.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 74 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission|§ 74. Temporary relief on restraining order; motion to hear case on its merits

 At any time after a complaint is filed, the Commission may file a petition in the Superior Court, seeking appropriate temporary relief for a period of time not to exceed 30 days against the respondent pending final determination of proceedings under this chapter, including an order or judgment restraining him from doing or procuring any act tending to render ineffectual any order the Commission may enter with respect to the complaint. The court may grant such temporary relief or restraining order as it deems just and proper. On motion of the complainant, the Commission, the respondent or on its own motion, the court may hear the case on its merits for immediate disposition.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 75 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 5 - Virgin Islands Civil Rights Commission|§ 75. Reports to Legislature and the Governor

 The Commission shall at the close of each fiscal year report to the Legislature and to the Governor concerning the action it has taken; the names, salaries and duties of all individuals in its employ and the moneys it has disbursed; and shall make such further reports on the cause of and means of eliminating discrimination and such recommendations for further legislation as may appear desirable.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 101 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 6 - Indemnification of Law Enforcement Officers|§ 101. Indemnification

 Subject to the limitation of this chapter and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Government of the United States Virgin Islands shall indemnify and pay on the behalf of any police officer, corrections officer, Virgin Islands marshal and probation officer of the Superior Court employed by the Government, or member of the police auxiliary (which member has been ordered to duty by the Police Commissioner, pursuant to Title 23, section 1156, Virgin Islands Code, or has been ordered to perform other duties, as prescribed by the Governor, pursuant to Title 23, section 1157, Virgin Islands Code) sums which such employee becomes obligated to pay by reason of the liability imposed upon such employee by law or settlement for damages awarded for infringement of any person's civil rights or for physical damages to person or property if the employee at the time of the occurrence, accident, physical injury or damages complained of was acting under color of law and within the scope of his employment, or while acting as a police officer and if such occurrence, accident, physical injury or damage was not the result of any willful or wanton act of such employee and the Court makes a finding to that effect.
V.I. Code tit. 10, § 102 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 10 - Civil Rights|Chapter 6 - Indemnification of Law Enforcement Officers|§ 102. Limitations

 (a) Indemnification or payment under section 101 of this chapter shall not exceed $100,000 for each occurrence of wrongful death and $25,000 for each occurrence in all other actions, except as provided in subsection (c) hereof. (b) No indemnification or payment shall be paid in any amount for punitive damages, nor in libel or slander proceedings. (c) The amounts awarded by the court as attorney's fees shall be in addition to the limits set forth in subsection (a) of this section.