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V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1506 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 29 - Monopolies and Restraints of Trade|§ 1506. Prosecutions

 Every person who shall willfully do any of the acts prohibited by subparagraphs (1) and (4) or section 1503 of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of up to $50,000, or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both. (1) The Attorney General shall investigate suspected criminal violations of this chapter and shall commence and try all prosecutions under this chapter. Prosecutions under this chapter may be commenced by complaint, or information. With respect to the commencement and trial of such prosecutions, the Attorney General shall have all of the powers and duties vested by law in him with respect to criminal prosecutions generally. (2) A prosecution for any offense in violation of this section must be commenced within four years after the commission thereof. (3) The Attorney General shall not commence prosecutions under this chapter against any defendant who, at the time, is a defendant with regard to any current pending complaint, information or indictment filed by the United States for violation, or alleged violation, of the Federal Anti-Trust Statutes (including but not being limited to, Act of July 2, 1980, ch. 647, 26 U.S. Stat. 209, 15 U.S.C.A., secs. 1–7; Act of Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, 38 U.S. Stat. 730, 15 U.S.C.A., secs. 12–27, 44; Act of August 17, 1937, ch. 690, Title VIII, 50 U.S. Stat. 693, 15 U.S.C.A., sec. 1; Act of July 7, 1955, ch. 281, 69 U.S. Stat. 282, 15 U.S.C.A., secs. 1–3; Act of May 26, 1938, ch. 283, 52 U.S. Stat. 446, 15 U.S.C.A. sec. 13-C; and any similar Acts passed in the future) involving substantially the same subject matter.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1508 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 29 - Monopolies and Restraints of Trade|§ 1508. Personal service

 Personal service of any process in an action under this chapter may be made upon any person outside the United States Virgin Islands if such person has engaged in conduct in violation of this chapter in the United States Virgin Islands. Such persons shall be deemed to have thereby submitted themselves to the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States Virgin Islands within the meaning of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1509 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 29 - Monopolies and Restraints of Trade|§ 1509. Investigation by Attorney General

 Whenever it appears to the Attorney General that any person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in any act or practice prohibited by this chapter, or that any person has assisted or participated in any agreement or combination of the nature described herein, he may, in his discretion, conduct an investigation as he deems necessary in connection with the matter and has the authority prior to the commencement of any civil or criminal action as provided for in this chapter to subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, examine them under oath, or require the production of any books, documents, records, writings or tangible things hereafter referred to as “documentary material” which the Attorney General deems relevant or material to his investigation, for inspection, reproducing or copying under such terms and conditions as hereinafter set forth. Any subpoena issued by the Attorney General shall contain the following information: (1) The statute and section thereof, the alleged violation of which is under investigation and the general subject matter of the investigation. (2) The date and place at which time the person is required to appear or produce documentary material in his possession, custody or control in the office of the Attorney General. Said date shall not be less than 10 days from date of service of the subpoena. (3) Where documentary material is required to be produced, the same shall be described by class so as to clearly indicate the material demanded. The Attorney General is hereby authorized, and may so elect, to require the production, pursuant to this section, of documentary material prior to the taking of any testimony of the person subpoenaed, in which event, said documentary material shall be made available for inspection and copying during normal business hours at the principal place of business of the person served, or at such other time and place, as may be agreed upon by the person served and the Attorney General. When documentary material is demanded by subpoena, said subpoena shall not: (i) Contain any requirement which would be unreasonable or improper if contained in a subpoena duces tecum issued by a court of the United States Virgin Islands; or (ii) Require the disclosure of any documentary material which would be privileged, or which for any other reason would not be required by a subpoena duces tecum issued by a court of the United States Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1510 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 29 - Monopolies and Restraints of Trade|§ 1510. Service of subpoena

 Service of a subpoena of the Attorney General as provided herein may be made by (a) delivery of a duly executed copy thereof to the person served, or if a person is not a natural person, to the principal place of business of the person to be served, or (b) mailing by certified mail, return receipt requested, a duly executed copy thereof addressed to the person to be served at his principal place of business in the United States Virgin Islands, or, if said person has no place of business in the United States Virgin Islands, to his principal office.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1511 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 29 - Monopolies and Restraints of Trade|§ 1511. Examination of witness

 The examination of all witnesses under this section shall be conducted by the Attorney General or by an assistant attorney general designated by him before an officer authorized to administer oaths in the United States Virgin Islands. The testimony shall be taken stenographically or by a sound recording device and shall be transcribed.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1512 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 29 - Monopolies and Restraints of Trade|§ 1512. Fees and mileage

 All persons served with a subpoena by the Attorney General under this chapter shall be paid the same fees as paid witnesses in the District Court of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1513 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 29 - Monopolies and Restraints of Trade|§ 1513. Failure or refusal to obey subpoena

 In the event a witness served with a subpoena by the Attorney General under this chapter fails or refuses to obey same or produce documentary material as provided herein, or to give testimony, relevant or material, to the investigation being conducted, the Attorney General may petition the District Court for an order requiring said witness to attend and testify or produce the documentary material demanded; thereafter, any failure or refusal on the part of the witness to obey such order of court may be punishable by the court as a contempt thereof.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1514 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 29 - Monopolies and Restraints of Trade|§ 1514. Incriminating testimony

 In any investigation brought by the Attorney General pursuant to this chapter, the Attorney General may grant immunity from prosecution to witnesses called upon to testify therein. No individual granted such immunity shall be excused from attending, testifying or producing documentary material, objects or tangible things in obedience to a subpoena or under order of the court on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to any penalty. No individual granted such immunity shall be criminally prosecuted or subjected to any criminal penalty under this chapter for or on account of any testimony given by him in an investigation brought by the Attorney General pursuant to this chapter; provided no individual so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1515 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 29 - Monopolies and Restraints of Trade|§ 1515. Action not barred as affecting or involving interstate or foreign commerce

 No action under this chapter shall be barred on the grounds that the activities or conduct complained of in any way affects or involves interstate or foreign commerce.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1516 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 29 - Monopolies and Restraints of Trade|§ 1516. Judgment or decree as prima facie evidence in action for damages

 A final judgment or decree rendered in any civil or criminal proceeding brought by the Attorney General under this chapter to the effect that a defendant has violated this chapter shall be prima facie evidence against such defendant in any action for damages brought by any other party against such defendant under subparagraph (2) of section 1507 of this chapter, as to all matters respecting which said judgment or decree would be an estoppel as between the parties thereto; provided, that this section shall not apply to civil consent judgment or decrees entered before any testimony has been taken.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1517 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 29 - Monopolies and Restraints of Trade|§ 1517. Violation as conspiracy at common law

 No contract, combination, conspiracy, or other act which violates this chapter shall constitute or be deemed a conspiracy at common law.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1518 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 29 - Monopolies and Restraints of Trade|§ 1518. Construction of Federal Antitrust Law

 When the language of this chapter is the same or similar to the language of a Federal Antitrust Law, the District Court in constructing this chapter shall follow the construction given to the Federal Law by the Federal Courts.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1530 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 30 - Foreign Money Claims|§ 1530. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act”.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1531 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 30 - Foreign Money Claims|§ 1531. Definitions

 In this chapter: (1) “Action” means a judicial proceeding or arbitration in which a money payment may be awarded or enforced in respect of a foreign money claim. (2) “Conversion date” means the banking day next before the date of which money is, in accordance with this chapter, (i) paid to a judgment creditor; or (ii) paid to the designated official enforcing a judgment on behalf of the judgment creditor; or (iii) used to effect a recoupment set-off of claims in different moneys in an action; (3) “Distribution proceeding” means a judicial or nonjudicial proceeding for an accounting, an assignment for the benefit of creditors, a foreclosure, for the liquidation or rehabilitation of a corporation or other entity, for the distribution of an estate, trust, or other fund in or against which a foreign-money claim is asserted. (4) “Foreign money” means money other than money of the United States of America. (5) “Foreign-money claim” means a claim upon an obligation to pay, or a claim for recovery of a loss, expressed in or measured by a foreign money. (6) “Money” means a medium of exchange for the payment of obligations or a store of value authorized or adopted by a government or by inter-governmental agreement. (7) “Money of the claim” means the money determined as proper by section 1534 of this title. (8) “Party” means an individual, a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, partnership or association of two or more persons having a joint or common interest or any other legal or commercial entity asserting or defending against a foreign-money claim. (9) “Rate of exchange” means the rate at which the money of one country may be converted into money of another country in a free financial market convenient to or reasonably usable by the party obliged to pay or to state a rate of conversion. If separate exchange rates apply to different kinds of transactions or events, the term means the rate applicable to the particular transaction or event giving rise to the foreign-money claim. (10) “Spot rate” means the rate of exchange at which foreign money is sold by a bank or other dealer in foreign exchange for settlement by immediate payment, by charge to an account, or by an agreed delayed settlement not exceeding two days. “Bank-offered spot rate” means the rate of exchange at which a bank will issue its draft in the foreign money or will cause credit to become available in the foreign money on a next-day basis. (11) “State” means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the United States Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1532 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 30 - Foreign Money Claims|§ 1532. Scope

 (a) The provisions of this chapter apply only to a foreign-money claim in an action or distribution proceeding. (b) The provisions of this chapter apply to foreign-money issues notwithstanding the law applicable under the conflict of laws rules of this territory to other issues in the action or distribution proceeding.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1533 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 30 - Foreign Money Claims|§ 1533. Variation by agreement

 (a) The effect of provisions of this chapter may be varied by agreement of the parties made at any time before or after commencement of an action, distribution, or the entry of judgment. (b) The parties may agree upon the money to be used in a transaction giving rise to a foreign-money claim and may use different moneys for different aspects of the transaction. Stating the price in a foreign money or for a particular transaction does not require, of itself, the use of that money for other aspects of the transaction.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1534 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 30 - Foreign Money Claims|§ 1534. Determining the money of the claim

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, the proper money of the claim is, as in each case may be appropriate, the money: (1) regularly used between the parties as a matter of usage or course of dealing; or (2) used at the time of a transaction in international trade, by trade usage or common practice for valuing or settling transactions in the particular commodity or service involved; or (3) in which the loss was ultimately felt or will be incurred by a party. (b) The money in which the parties have contracted that a payment be made is the proper money of the claim for that payment.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1535 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 30 - Foreign Money Claims|§ 1535. Determining the amount of the money of certain contract claims

 (a) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is measured by a specified amount of a different money, the amount to be paid is determined on the conversion date. (b) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is to be measured by a different money at the exchange rate prevailing on a date prior to default, that exchange rate applies only for payments made a reasonable time after default, not to exceed 30 days. Thereafter, conversion is made at the bank-offered spot rate on the conversion date. (c) A monetary claim is neither usurious nor unconscionable because the agreement on which it is based provides that the amount of the debtor's obligation to be paid in the debtor's money must, when received by the creditor, equal a specified amount of the foreign money of the country of the creditor. If, because of unexcused delay in payment of a judgment or award, the amount received by the creditor does not equal the amount of the foreign money specified in the agreement, the court or arbitrator, as the case may be, shall have jurisdiction to, and shall, amend the judgment or award accordingly.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1536 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 30 - Foreign Money Claims|§ 1536. Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim

 (a) A claimant may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign money is not asserted, the claimant makes a claim for a judgment in United States dollars. (b) An opposing party may allege and prove that the claim is, in whole or in part, for a different money than that asserted by the claimant. (c) Any party may assert a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims. (d) The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1537 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 30 - Foreign Money Claims|§ 1537. Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims: times of money conversion: form of judgment

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a judgment or arbitration award on a foreign-money claim must be stated in amount of the money of the claim. (b) The judgment or award is payable in that foreign money or, at the option of the debtor, in the amount of United States dollars which will purchase that foreign money on the conversion date at a bank-offered spot rate. (c) Assessed costs must be entered in United States dollars. (d) Each payment in United States dollars must be accepted and credited on the judgment or award in the amount of the foreign money that could be purchased by the dollars at a bank-offered spot rate of exchange at or near the close of business on the conversion date for that payment. (e) Judgments or awards made in an action on both (i) a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim and (ii) the adverse party's claim, must be netted by converting the money of the smaller into the money of the larger, and by subtracting the smaller from the larger, and must specify the rates of exchange used. (f) A judgment substantially in the following form complies with subsection (a) of this section: “IT IS ADJUDGED AND ORDERED, that Defendant (insert name) pay to plaintiff (insert name) the sum of (insert amount in the foreign money plus interest on that sum at the rate of (insert rate) percent a year or, at the option of the judgment debtor, the number of United States dollars as will purchase the (insert name of foreign money) with interest due, at a bank-offered spot rate at or near the close of business on the banking day next before the day of payment, together with assessed costs of (insert amount) United States dollars.” (g) If a contract claim is of the type covered by section 1535(a) or (b) of this title, the judgment or award shall be entered for the amount of the money stated to measure the obligation to be paid in the money specified for payment or, at the option of the debtor, the number of United States dollars as will purchase the computed amount of the money of payment on the conversion date at a bank-offered spot rate. (h) A judgment shall be filed, docketed, recorded and indexed in foreign money in the same manner, and shall have the same effect as a lien, as other judgments. It may be discharged by payment.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1538 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 30 - Foreign Money Claims|§ 1538. Conversions of foreign money in a distribution proceeding

 The rate of exchange prevailing at or near the closing of business on the day the proceeding is initiated shall govern all exchanges of foreign-money in a distribution proceeding. A foreign-money claimant in a distribution proceeding must assert its claim in the named foreign money and show the amount of United States dollars resulting from a conversion as of the date the proceeding was initiated.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1539 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 30 - Foreign Money Claims|§ 1539. Pre-judgment and judgment interest

 (a) With respect to a foreign-money claim, recovery of pre-judgment interest and the rate of interest to be applied in the action or distribution proceeding are matters of the substantive law governing the right to recovery under the conflict of laws rules of this territory. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, an increase or decrease in the amount of pre-judgment interest otherwise payable may be made in a foreign-money judgment to the extent required by the law of this territory governing a failure to make or accept an offer of settlement or offer of judgment, or conduct by a party or its attorney causing undue delay or expense. (c) A judgment on a foreign-money claim bears interest at the same rate applicable to other judgments of this territory.
V.I. Code tit. 11, § 1540 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 11 - Commerce, Technology and Trade|Chapter 30 - Foreign Money Claims|§ 1540. Enforcement of foreign judgments

 (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, if an action is brought to enforce a judgment of another jurisdiction expressed in a foreign money and the judgment is recognized in this territory as enforceable, the enforcing judgment must be entered as provided in section 1537 of this title whether or not the foreign judgment confers an option to pay in an equivalent amount of United States dollars. A satisfaction or partial payment made upon the foreign judgment, on proof thereof, must be credited against the amount of foreign money specified in the judgment, notwithstanding the entry of judgment in this territory. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a foreign judgment may be filed, docketed or recorded in accordance with any statute of this territory providing a procedure for its recognition and enforcement. (c) A judgment entered on a foreign-money claim only in United States dollars in another state must be enforced in this territory in United States dollars only.