(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, notaries public appointed and commissioned under section 801 of this title, shall not be permitted to take acknowledgments of deeds and administer oaths and affirmations except on matters of official business of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands or the Government of the United States, and no fees for such acknowledgments and oaths or affirmations shall be charged.
(b) Not to exceed four of the notaries public commissioned under subsection (a) of section 801 of this title for the Island of St. John, two for the area of Cruz Bay and two for the area of Coral Bay, shall be permitted, in addition to the powers granted in that section, to take acknowledgments of deeds, and administer oaths and affirmations in matters not connected with official business of the Government of the Virgin Islands, in which cases the regular fees for such acknowledgments, oaths and affirmations shall be charged and deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury.