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(a) Any person who pleads guilty to, or is convicted of, possession of a controlled substance under Title 19, section 607, Virgin Islands Code, or who is adjudicated a delinquent and has been convicted of any drug offenses, shall, in addition to any and all other penalties provided by law, have his driver's license or driving privileges revoked for a period of two years; or, in the case of a non-driver, shall not be eligible for a driver's license for a period of two years following conviction. In the instance of incarceration, the two year period shall commence on the date of release.\n(b) Any person who pleads guilty to, or is convicted of, any violation of any other section of Title 19, Virgin Islands Code, or who is adjudicated a delinquent and has been convicted of any such offenses, shall, in addition to any and all other penalties provided by law, have his driver's license and driving privileges revoked for a period of five years; or, in the case of a non-driver, shall not be eligible for a driver's license for a period of five years following conviction. In the instance of incarceration, the five year period shall commence on the date of release.\n(c) For purposes of this

ligible for a driver's license for a period of five years following conviction. In the instance of incarceration, the five year period shall commence on the date of release.\n(c) For purposes of this section, the Judges of the Territorial and District Courts shall immediately take possession of any driver's license of a person convicted of, or who pleads guilty to, a drug offense pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section, and forthwith forward same to the Commissioner of Police together with a copy of the judgment. The Commissioner of Police shall make the appropriate notations of the license revocation in his Department's records.\n(d) This section does not apply to persons adjudicated pursuant to 19 V.I.C. § 607a.