23. JUDICIAL DIVISION; SESSION; APPLICABILITY OF PROCEDURAL
 RULES; PROSECUTION BY INFORMATION OR INDICTMENT.

 The Virgin Islands consists of two judicial divisions, the Division of Saint Croix,
comprising the island of St. Croix and adjacent islands, and cays, and the Division of
Saint Thomas and Saint John, comprising the islands of Saint Thomas and Saint John
and adjacent islands and cays. The district court shall hold sessions in each division at
such times as the court may designate by rule or order, at least once in three months in
each division. The rules of practice and procedure heretofore or hereafter promulgated
and made effective by the Supreme Court of the United States pursuant to section
2072 of Title 28, United States Code in admiralty cases, and section 30 of the
Bankruptcy Act in bankruptcy cases shall apply to the District Court of the Virgin
Islands and to appeals therefrom. All offenses shall continue to be prosecuted in the
District Court by information as heretofore except such as may be required by local law
to be prosecuted by indictment by grand jury.

24. TRIAL BY JURY

 All criminal cases originating in the district court shall be tried by jury upon
demand by the defendant or by the Government. If no jury is demanded the case shall
be tried by the Judge of the district court without a jury, except that the judge may, on
his own motion, order a jury for the trial of any criminal action. The legislature may
provide for trial in misdemeanor cases by a jury of six qualified persons.

25. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY AND ASSISTANT; APPLICATION OF
 TITLE 28, CHAPTER 31, UNITED STATES CODE; POWERS,
 DUTIES; VACANCIES.

 The President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a
 United States attorney and assistant United States Attorneys for the Virgin
 Islands to whose office the provisions of chapter 31 of Title 28, United States Code,
 shall apply. Except as otherwise provided by law it shall be the duty of the United
 States attorney to prosecute all offenses against the United States and to conduct all
 legal proceedings, civil and criminal, to which the Government of the United States is a
 party in the district court and in the inferior courts of the United States. He shall also
 prosecute in the district court in the name of the Government of the Virgin Islands all
 offenses against the laws of the Virgin Islands which are cognizable by that court
 unless, at his request or with his consent the prosecution of any such case is
 conducted by the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands. The United States attorney,
 may, when requested by the Governor or the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands,
 conduct any other legal proceedings to which the Government of the Virgin Islands is a
 party in the district or the inferior courts of the Virgin Islands. In the case of a vacancy in
 the office of the United States attorney, the District Court may appoint a United States
 attorney to serve until the vacancy is filled. The order of appointment by the court shall
 be filed with the clerk of the court.