(a) No justice who is a member of the Government Employees Retirement System, while receiving a retirement annuity in connection with retirement from service under this chapter, may engage in the practice of law before any of the courts of the Virgin Islands as an employee or officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands or its autonomous or semiautonomous agencies or instrumentalities.
(b) Any justice who resigns or retires from the Supreme Court is prohibited from practicing before the Supreme Court for twenty-four months following the effective date of the justice's resignation or retirement.