(a) Any political party in the Virgin Islands which is the officially recognized affiliate of either of the two major national political parties (of either the Democratic National Committee or the Republican National Committee) and each other political party or political body, one of whose candidates for election for a territorial office at the last preceding general election polled not less than five percent (5%) of the total number of valid ballots cast in the territory, shall be recognized as a political party within the territory, and, except as provided in sections 307 and 359 of this title or as otherwise provided by law, shall nominate all its candidates for public office, and shall elect the members of its territorial committee and such other party officers as its rules provide, by a vote of the electors enrolled as members of the party at the primary election in accordance with the provisions of this title. However, any political party or political body shall not be required to meet the 5% requirement of the total ballots cast, as provided under this subsection, but shall be automatically recognized as a political party within the territory, if the political party or political body has met the 5% requirement for at least ten (10) consecutive years.
(b) Any political group which is not a political party but which has nominated candidates for at least two public offices by nomination papers under subchapter II of chapter 17 of this title, shall be deemed to be a political body for the purposes of this title, but such political body may not nominate its candidate or elect its party officers at primary elections held under the provisions of this title.
(c) Whenever a political party in the Virgin Islands affiliates with a national political party, committee, convention or organization, regardless of when such affiliation took place, no association, group, club, organization or instrumentality shall use the symbol, emblem, or insignia, of the national political party, convention, committee or organization which has affiliated with a Virgin Islands political party, without the express consent in writing from the chairman and secretary of the Virgin Islands political party filed with the Supervisor of Elections. A petition for an injunction to restrain such association, club, group or instrumentality from using such symbol, emblem, or insignia may be filed in the District Court by the officers of said affiliated political party and/or the Supervisor of Elections.
(d) The Chairman and the Secretary of any political party which is affiliated with a national political party may certify to the Supervisor of Elections at least twenty-eight (28) days prior to an election the emblem or emblems of such national party with which it is affiliated and such certification shall be prima facie evidence of such emblem or emblems of such national party.