(a) All shipments into the Virgin Islands of gaming devices, including slot machines, the registering, recording and labeling of which has been duly had by manufacturer or dealer thereof in accordance with Sections 3 and 4 of an Act of Congress of the United States entitled “An act to prohibit transportation of gambling devices in interstate and foreign commerce,” approved January 2, 1951, being Chapter 1194, 64 Stat. 1134, and also designated as 15 U.S.C. (1173–1174), shall be deemed legal shipments thereof into the Virgin Islands.
(b) Any person who imports or possesses any gaining device including the device commonly known as a slot machine into the Territory of the Virgin Islands without having been duly licensed by the Casino Control Commission or the Virgin Islands Lottery Commission or its Executive Director is guilty of a felony and may be fined not more than $25,000.