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V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 162 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 162. Approval of weights and measures

 The Director shall approve for use and seal or mark with appropriate devices such weights and measures as he finds upon inspection or test to be “correct” as defined in section 156 of this title. He shall reject or condemn in seal or mark as “rejected” or “condemned” such weights and measures as he finds upon inspection or test to be “incorrect” as defined in section 156. Sealing or marking shall not be required with respect to weights and measures which are exempted by a regulation of the Director issued under the authority of section 156. The Director shall reject or condemn and may seize and destroy weights and measures found to be incorrect. Weights and measures that have been rejected or condemned and ordered corrected or disposed of may be confiscated and may be destroyed by the Director if not corrected as required by, or if disposed of contrary to the requirements of section 164.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 163 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 163. Administrative fines, enforcement, seizure

 (a) Upon previous notice and an opportunity for a fair hearing, the Director may impose administrative fines of not less than $25 or more than $100 for each violation of the provisions of this subchapter or regulations issued pursuant to this subchapter. To accomplish the purposes of this subsection, the Director may issue a summons requiring an individual to appear at an administrative hearing. The powers contained in this subsection are granted to the Director without power to delegate. A decision to impose an administrative fine hereunder shall be subject to judicial review by filing with the Superior Court a notice of appeal within 30 days after the date of entry of said decision. (b) The Director is vested with special police powers with respect to the enforcement of this subchapter and any other acts dealing with weights and measures that he is or may be empowered to enforce. He may seize, for use as evidence, without formal warrant, incorrect or unsealed weights or measures or amounts or packages of commodities found to be used, retained, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in violation of law. In the performance of his official duties, he may enter and go into or upon, without formal warrant, any structure or premises for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subchapter. The powers and duties given to and imposed upon the Director by this subchapter are given to and imposed upon Deputy Directors and Inspectors when acting under the instructions and at the direction of the Director.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 164 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 164. Rejected or condemned weights and measures

 Weights and measures that have been rejected or condemned and ordered corrected or disposed of under the authority of the Director shall remain subject to his control until such time as suitable repair or disposition thereof has been made pursuant to this section. The owners of such rejected or condemned weights and measures shall cause the same to be made correct within a specified period authorized by the Director, or may dispose of the same but only in such manner as specifically authorized by the Director.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 165 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 165. Liquid and nonliquid measurement

 Commodities in liquid form shall be sold only by liquid measure or by weight, and commodities not in liquid form shall be sold only by weight, measure, or by count, and shall be sold and marked in terms of the largest unit. However, liquid commodities may be sold by weight and nonliquid commodities may be sold by count only if such methods give accurate information as to the quantity of commodity sold. This section shall not apply to: (1) commodities sold for immediate consumption on the premises where sold; (2) vegetables sold by the head or bunch; (3) commodities in containers standardized by a law of the United States Virgin Islands or by federal law; or (4) commodities in package form where there exists a general consumer usage to express the quantity in some other manner. The Director may issue regulations necessary to assure that amounts of commodities sold are determined in accordance with good commercial practice and are so determined and represented as to be accurate and informative to all parties and interest.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 165a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 165a. Scale for customers' use

 When commodities are packaged on the premises of a store, shop, or other establishment selling foodstuffs and when such commodities are offered for sale by weight, a scale or other weighing device that shows the weight shall be placed within plain view and conveniently near the display, counter, or case containing said commodities, which scale or weighing device shall be for use by prospective purchasers of the commodities. Such scale or weighing device shall be inspected and tested by the Director or his designee as frequently as he determines is necessary.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 166 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 166. Packaged commodities

 Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, any commodity in package form kept for the purpose of sale or offered or exposed for sale, shall bear on the outside of the package such definite, plain, legible and conspicuous declarations of: (1) the identity of the commodity in the package unless the same can easily be identified through the wrapper or container; (2) the net quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure or count, but the term “when packed” or any words of similar import, or any term qualifying a unit of weight, measure or count, such as “jumbo”, “giant”, “full” or the like that tend to exaggerate the amount of commodity in a package, shall not be used; and (3) the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer or distributor in the case of any package kept, offered or exposed for sale, or sold any place other than on the premises where packed as may be prescribed by regulation promulgated by the Director. The Director shall, by regulation, establish reasonable variations to be allowed, which may include variations below the declared weight or measure caused by ordinary and customary exposure to conditions that normally occur in good distribution practice and that unavoidably result in decreased weight or measure. Such regulation shall provide for exemptions for small packages and for commodities put up in variable weights or sizes for sale intact and either customarily not sold as individual units or customarily weighed or measured at the time of sale to the customer.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 167 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 167. Random weights

 In addition to the declarations required by the preceding section of this subchapter, any commodity in package form, which package is one of a lot containing random weights, measures or counts of the same commodity and bears the total selling price of the package, shall bear on the outside of the package a plain and conspicuous declaration of the price per single unit of weight, measure or count.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 168 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 168. Misleading wrappers

 Any commodity in package form shall not be so wrapped, nor shall it be in a container so made, formed or filled as to mislead the purchaser as to the quantity of the contents of the package.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 169 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 169. Advertisements

 Whenever a commodity in package form is advertised in any manner and the retail price of the package is stated in the advertisement, there shall be closely and conspicuously associated with such statement of price a declaration of the basic quantity of contents of the package as it is required by law or regulation to appear on the package, except that this section shall not apply to products for agriculture or horticultural use where the custom is to state the number of objects or amount of area which can be treated per package unit and the number or area is so stated. Where the law or regulation requires the declaration of the net quantity to appear on the package in terms of more than one unit of weight or measure, only the smallest unit of weight or measure need be stated in the advertisement. In connection with the declaration, the qualifying term “when packaged” or any other words of similar import, or any term of qualifying a unit of weight, measure or count, for example, “jumbo”, “giant”, “full” and the like that tends to exaggerate the amount of commodity in the package, shall not be used.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 170 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 170. Meat, poultry and seafood

 Except for immediate consumption on the premises where sold, or as one of several elements comprising a ready-to-eat meal sold as a unit for consumption elsewhere that on the premises where sold, all meat, meat-products, poultry, whole or parts, and all seafood except shellfish, offered or exposed for sale or sold, as food shall be offered or exposed for sale and sold by weight. When meat, poultry or seafood is combined with or associated with some other food element or elements to form either a distinctive food product or a food combination, such food product or combination shall be offered or exposed for sale and sold by weight, and the quantity representation may be the total weight of the product or combination, and a quantity representation need not be made for each of the several elements of the product or combination.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 171a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 171a. Meters required on trucks transporting and dispensing liquids

 All tank trucks used in the transportation and sale of water, petroleum products or any other liquids to United States Virgin Islands' consumers shall be equipped with meters to accurately measure the number of gallons or other appropriate liquid measure being dispensed to the consumer. Each purchaser of water, petroleum products or other liquid dispensed from a tank truck shall be furnished with a written statement at the point of sale setting forth the number of gallons or other appropriate liquid measure furnished to him and the price thereof, including total purchase price. Any person, including corporations, partnerships, or other business entities, which sells water, petroleum products or other liquids by tank truck or similar vehicle in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and imprisonment for not more than thirty days. The Director shall adopt rules and regulations establishing minimum performance standards for the meters to be utilized in complying with the provisions of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 172 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 172. Instruction of enforcement officers

 Any person who shall hinder or obstruct in any way the Director, deputy directors or any inspector in the performance of his official duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 173 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 173. Prohibited acts

 Any person who, by himself or by his employee or agent or as the employee or agent of another person, performs any of the following enumerated acts shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (1) Use or have in possession for the purpose of using for any commercial purpose specified in section 158 of this title, sell, offer or expose for sale or hire, or have in possession for the purpose of selling or hiring an incorrect weight or measure or any device or instrument used or calculated to falsify any weight or measure. (2) Use or have in possession for current use in the buying or selling of any commodity or thing, or for the hire or award, or in the computation of any basic charge or payment for services rendered on the basis of weight or measure, or in the determination of weight and measure when a charge is made for such determination, any weight or measure that has not been tested and sealed by the Director unless: (A) Written notice has been given to the Director to the effect that such weight or measure is available for examination, or is due for reexamination; (B) Permission to use such weight or measure has been received from the Director; or (C) Such weight or measure has been exempted from sealing or testing requirements by the provisions of section 158 or by regulation of the Director issued under the authority of section 156 of this section. (3) Dispose of any rejected or condemned weight or measure in a manner contrary to law or regulation. (4) Removal from any weight or measure, contrary to law or regulation, any tag, seal or mark placed thereon by the Director. (5) Sell, or offer or expose for sale, less than the quantity he represents of any commodity, thing or service. (6) Take more than the quantity he represents of any commodity, thing or service when, as buyer, he furnishes the weight or measure by means of which the amount of the commodity, thing or service is determined. (7) Advertise, or offer, or expose for sale, or sell any commodity, thing or service in a condition or manner contrary to law. (8) Use in retail trade, except in the preparation of packages put up in advance of sale and of medical prescriptions, a weight or measure that is not so positioned that its indications may be accurately read and the weighing or measuring operation observed from some position which may reasonably be occupied by a customer. (9) Violate any provision of this subchapter or of any rule or regulation duly promulgated under the provisions of this subchapter for which a specific penalty has not been prescribed.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 174 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 174. Injunction

 The Director is authorized to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for, and such court upon hearing and for cause shown may grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provisions of this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 175 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 175. Presumptions

 Proof of the existence of a weight, measure or a weighing or measuring device in or about any building, enclosure, stand or vehicle in which or from which it is shown that buying or selling is commonly carried on, in the absence of conclusive evidence to the contrary, shall be presumptive proof of the regular use of such weight, measure or weighing or measuring device for commercial purposes and of such use by the person in charge of such building, enclosure, stand or vehicle.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 176 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 176. Certain price increases prohibited

 (a) Price increases for consumer goods previously offered for sale to consumers are prohibited. (b) Definitions—as used in this section: (1) “Retail establishment” means a store selling primarily items packaged individually, including food. (2) “Consumer goods” means tangible items that are used or brought for use primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. (3) “Offered for sale” means any attempt by advertisement or other means to induce consumers to purchase consumer goods by placing the consumer goods on display in a retail establishment. (c) Limitations: (1) Where consumer goods were offered for sale at a reduced price immediately prior to the contemplated price increase, this section shall not apply if the price at which the consumer goods are sold does not exceed the price at which such consumer goods were offered for sale immediately prior to the sale at reduced prices. (2) When retail establishments offer consumer goods for sale and such goods are displayed at more than one price, through the use of signs or displays or by any other method, then the lower price shall control. (3) No retail establishment shall offer or display consumer goods for retail sale unless such goods or the shelf on which they are displayed indicates the purchase price of such goods.
V.I. Code tit. 12A, § 178 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12A - Consumer Code|Chapter 2 - Consumer Protection Law of 1973|Subchapter IV - Weights and Measures|§ 178. Prescription drugs

 (a) Any Pharmacist, when dispensing a prescription, shall indicate on the container, the month, followed by the year, in which the risk of spoilage, loss of value, or loss of effectiveness of the prescription can reasonably be expected to occur. (b) The date required by subsection (a) of this section shall be identical to the pull date of the dispensing bottle and shall be presented in a size, manner and style easily legible to the purchaser.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 1 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 1 - General Corporation Law|Subchapter I - Organization|§ 1. Incorporators; purposes

 Three or more natural persons of lawful age may unite together by articles of incorporation to form a stock corporation, for any lawful business purpose or purposes not excluded from the operation of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 3 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 1 - General Corporation Law|Subchapter I - Organization|§ 3. Execution and filing of articles of incorporation

 (a) The articles of incorporation shall be made in duplicate originals, each signed by each of the incorporators and acknowledged by at least three of them before any officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds. (b) One such original shall be filed in the St. Thomas or St. Croix office of the Lieutenant Governor, and the second shall be retained in the possession of the corporation. (c) The original filed in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, and all papers subsequently filed with respect to such corporation, shall be entered and indexed, by the officer with whom filed, in a book to be kept by him for that purpose.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 4 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 1 - General Corporation Law|Subchapter I - Organization|§ 4. Composite articles of incorporation

 The Lieutenant Governor shall prepare and furnish upon request therefor a certified composite of the articles of incorporation which shall contain only such provisions as are in effect at the time of request by reason of the certificates and agreements referred to in subsection (c) of section 2 of this title. The Lieutenant Governor shall make in each case such reasonable charge therefor as he deems proper.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 5 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 1 - General Corporation Law|Subchapter I - Organization|§ 5. Evidence of existence

 A copy of the articles of incorporation or a composite of the articles of incorporation, certified by the Lieutenant Governor under his hand and seal of office, stating that the articles have been filed, shall be evidence in all courts and in any administrative proceeding in the United States Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 6 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 1 - General Corporation Law|Subchapter I - Organization|§ 6. Commencement of corporate existence

 Upon the filing of the articles of incorporation and the payment of the fee, all as provided for in this chapter, the persons who have duly executed the articles, and their successors, shall, from the date of such filing, be a body corporate and politic in fact and in law in the name stated in the articles of incorporation, and by such corporate name shall have succession for the time stated in such articles.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 7 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 1 - General Corporation Law|Subchapter I - Organization|§ 7. Powers of incorporators; management prior to election of directors

 Until the directors are elected, the signers of the articles of incorporation shall direct the affairs and the organization of the corporation, and may take such steps as are proper to obtain the necessary subscriptions to stock and to perfect the organization of the corporation, including the election of officers.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 8 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 1 - General Corporation Law|Subchapter I - Organization|§ 8. First meeting

 (a) The first meeting of every corporation may be called by any of the persons signing the articles of incorporation upon not less than thirty days prior notice to each of the incorporators. Such notice shall designate the time and place of the meeting, which may be within or without the United States Virgin Islands, and shall state the purpose for which the meeting is called. The notice shall be delivered, personally or by depositing postpaid in the mail properly addressed, to each incorporator. (b) If all the incorporators sign a written waiver of notice and fix a time and place of meeting, then no notice as required by subsection (a) of this section shall be required. (c) The first meeting shall be held within one year of the filing of the articles of incorporation or the corporation shall ipso facto be dissolved.
V.I. Code tit. 13, § 9 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 13 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 1 - General Corporation Law|Subchapter I - Organization|§ 9. Bylaws

 The original bylaws of a corporation may be adopted by the incorporators. Thereafter, the stockholders of any corporation formed under this chapter shall have the power to make, alter or repeal bylaws for the management of the affairs of the corporation, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, or of other existing laws. The articles of incorporation may, however, vest in the board of directors the authority to make and to adopt bylaws, subject to the right of a majority of the stockholders to amend, repeal, alter, or modify such bylaws at any regular meeting, or at any special meeting called for such purpose.