Procedure for prosecution under section 585

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Whenever a person, having been summoned by subpoena to appear before any officer, board, commission or other agency within the executive branch of the Government of the Virgin Islands, authorized by law to issue subpoenas for witnesses, violates section 585 of this title, such officer, or the chairman or other presiding officer of such board, commission, or agency, as the case may be, shall certify a statement of the facts constituting such violation to the United States attorney for prosecution. In all such cases, the proceedings shall be brought in the District Court of the Virgin Islands in the name of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and shall conform as near as may be to those prescribed by rules of court for contempts not committed in the immediate view and presence of the court.


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