American Samoa Code — 46
Browse 423 sections in division 46 of the American Samoa code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 46.0101. Legislative declaration.
- § 46.0102. Creation
- § 46.0103. Meetings
- § 46.0104. Powers and duties.
- § 46.0201. Appointment of officers.
- § 46.0202. Security guards
- § 46.0203. Firearms.
- § 46.0501. Conformance with Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
- § 46.0502. Rights of defendants.
- § 46.0601. Adjournment to hold session elsewhere.
- § 46.0602. Transfer of case.
- § 46.0801. Warrant required.
- § 46.0802. Examination of complainant
- § 46.0803. Warrant of arrest and commitment
- § 46.0804. Warrant of arrest and commitment
- § 46.0805. Authority to arrest without a warrant when.
- § 46.0806. Arrest without warrant by private person.
- § 46.0807. Arrest without warrant
- § 46.0901. Short title.
- § 46.0902. Interpretation.
- § 46.0903. Definitions.
- § 46.0904. Duty of Governor to arrest persons charged with crimes in other states.
- § 46.0905. Surrender of persons charged with crime.
- § 46.0906. Assistance in investigating demand for surrender.
- § 46.0907. Demand for extradition
- § 46.0908. Warrant for extradition
- § 46.0909. Governor to sign warrant of arrest when.
- § 46.0910. Authority to arrest.
- § 46.0911. Authority of arresting officer.
- § 46.0912. Rights of arrested persons
- § 46.0913. Confinement of arrested persons.
- § 46.0914. Warrant to apprehend person charged with crime.
- § 46.0915. Lawful arrest
- § 46.0916. Commitment to jail required when.
- § 46.0917. Admission to bail by bond.
- § 46.0918. Discharge or recommitment.
- § 46.0919. Failure to appear and surrender
- § 46.0920. Effect of prosecution in territory prior to demand.
- § 46.0921. Inquiry into guilt of accused.
- § 46.0922. Recall and reissuance of warrants.
- § 46.0923. Demand for person charged with crime in American Samoa
- § 46.0924. Demand for person charged with crime in American Samoa
- § 46.0925. Exemption of extradited persons from civil process.
- § 46.0926. Trial of extradited person for other crimes.
- § 46.1001. Representation of indigent persons.
- § 46.1220. Prosecution of complaints.
- § 46.1221. Summons.
- § 46.1301. Application of 46.1301 through 46.310.
- § 46.1302. Procedure on plea of not guilty.
- § 46.1303. Motion for examination.
- § 46.1304. Order for examination.
- § 46.1305. Hearing to determine status.
- § 46.1306. Presumptions
- § 46.1307. Proceedings after sanity determination.
- § 46.1308. Confinement.
- § 46.1309. Treatment as outpatient.
- § 46.1310. Jurisdiction of the High Court.
- § 46.1501. Policy.
- § 46.1502. Prohibition of discrimination.
- § 46.1503. Definitions.
- § 46.1504. Grounds of disqualification.
- § 46.1505. Disqualification by interest.
- § 46.1506. Exemptions.
- § 46.1507. Excused for cause only.
- § 46.1508. Pay
- § 46.1509. Certificate for jury pay.
- § 46.1510. Jury commission.
- § 46.1511. Master list.
- § 46.1512. Master jury wheel.
- § 46.1513. Juror qualification form.
- § 46.1514. Questing of prospective juror.
- § 46.1515. Summons for examination of prospective jurors.
- § 46.1516. Misrepresentation of material facts.
- § 46.1517. Qualified jury wheel.
- § 46.1518. Certified jury lists.
- § 46.1519. Drawing of trial jury.
- § 46.1520. Summoning of jurors.
- § 46.1521. Requests for exemption or excuse.
- § 46.1522. Jurors disqualified, exempted, or excused.
- § 46.1523. Term of jurors.
- § 46.1524. Challenging compliance with selection procedures.
- § 46.1525. Preservation of records.
- § 46.1526. Protection of jurors employment.
- § 46.1527. Use of electronic or electromechanical devices for drawing trial juries.
- § 46.1801. Designation of prosecutor
- § 46.1802. Sentence for plea of guilty.
- § 46.1803. Plea of not guilty
- § 46.1804. Rights of accused.
- § 46.1805. Admissible evidence.
- § 46.1806. Sentencing
- § 46.1807. Failure to appear or perform sentence.
- § 46.1808. Retrial de novo
- § 46.1901. Authorized dispositions.
- § 46.1902. Felony or misdemeanor
- § 46.1903. Infraction
- § 46.1904. Offense by organization
- § 46.1905. Interpretation of chapter.
- § 46.1906. Classification of offenses.
- § 46.1907. Classification of offenses outside this title.
- § 46.1908. Presentence investigation and report.
- § 46.1909. Presentence commitment for study.
- § 46.1910. Role of court in sentencing
- § 46.2001. Findings
- § 46.2002. Establishment of restitution programs.
- § 46.2003. Prohibition on victims paying court of filing fees.
- § 46.2101. Felonies.
- § 46.2102. Misdemeanors and infractions.
- § 46.2103. Fines for corporations.
- § 46.2104. Fine to be proportioned to burden of payment.
- § 46.2105. Nonpayment
- § 46.2106. Default by corporation.
- § 46.2107. Means of collection upon default.
- § 46.2108. Revocation of a fine.
- § 46.2201. Probation officers
- § 46.2202. Probation officers
- § 46.2203. Eligibility.
- § 46.2204. Terms of probation.
- § 46.2205. Conditions
- § 46.2206. Detention condition of probation.
- § 46.2207. Multiple terms run concurrently.
- § 46.2208. Termination of probation
- § 46.2209. Violation of condition.
- § 46.2210. Notice of revocation to probationer.
- § 46.2211. Notice to appear to answer charges
- § 46.2212. Authority to arrest or detain probationer.
- § 46.2213. Arrest
- § 46.2214. Notice to sentencing court of arrest and detention.
- § 46.2215. Power of court.
- § 46.2301. Authorized terms.
- § 46.2302. Class C and D felonies.
- § 46.2303. Imposition of sentence for felony and misdemeanor.
- § 46.2304. Sentence includes prison and parole term.
- § 46.2305. Extended terms for dangerous offenders.
- § 46.2306. Extended term procedures.
- § 46.2307. Concurrent and consecutive terms of imprisonment.
- § 46.2308. Calculation of terms of imprisonment
- § 46.2401. Stay of execution.
- § 46.2402. Procedure on appeals.
- § 46.2403. Disposition of appeals.
- § 46.2405. Appeal by the government in criminal cases.
- § 46.2501. Requirement to do light labor.
- § 46.2502. Performance of labor during confinement.
- § 46.2503. Solitary confinement
- § 46.2521. Rehabilitative release program established.
- § 46.2522. Definitions.
- § 46.2523. Authority.
- § 46.2524. Eligibility.
- § 46.2525. Escape while on program release.
- § 46.2526. Program employer
- § 46.2527. Inmate transport between prison and worksite
- § 46.2528. Inmate earnings.
- § 46.2529. Earnings exempt from process.
- § 46.2530. Private detention facility
- § 46.2531. Halfway house funding.
- § 46.2532. Electronic monitoring device defined.
- § 46.2533. Use of electronic monitoring device authorized.
- § 46.2534. Control of electronic monitoring device.
- § 46.2535. Intentional interfering with electronic monitoring device.
- § 46.2601. Exchange of offenders under treaty
- § 46.2701. Board of parole
- § 46.2702. Eligibility
- § 46.2703. Release.
- § 46.2704. Terms and conditions.
- § 46.2705. Aliens.
- § 46.2706. Recommitment proceedings.
- § 46.2801. Registration of persons convicted of offenses against a victim who is a child.
- § 46.2802. Heightened registration of sexually violent predators; recidivists and aggravated offenders.
- § 46.2803. Continued registration not required when underlying conviction is reversed, vacated, or set aside.
- § 46.2804. Release of information contained in the registry of 46.2801 by the Department of Public Safety.
- § 46.2805. Resident offenders convicted in other states or territories.
- § 46.2806. Adoption of administrative rules.
- § 46.3101. Short title.
- § 46.3102. Classes of crimes.
- § 46.3103. Infractions.
- § 46.3104. Offenses and infractions must be defined by statute.
- § 46.3105. Application to offenses committed before and after enactment.
- § 46.3106. Time limitations.
- § 46.3107. Limitation on conviction for multiple offenses.
- § 46.3108. Conviction of included offenses.
- § 46.3109. Burden of injecting the issue.
- § 46.3110. Affirmative defense.
- § 46.3111. Definitions.
- § 46.3201. Voluntary act.
- § 46.3202. Culpable mental state
- § 46.3203. Culpable mental state
- § 46.3204. Culpable mental state
- § 46.3205. Ignorance and mistake.
- § 46.3206. Accountability for conduct.
- § 46.3207. Responsibility for the conduct of another.
- § 46.3208. Defense precluded.
- § 46.3209. Conviction of different degrees of offenses.
- § 46.3210. Liability of corporations and unincorporated associations.
- § 46.3211. Liability of individual for conduct on behalf of corporation or unincorporated association.
- § 46.3212. Entrapment.
- § 46.3213. Duress.
- § 46.3214. Intoxicated or drugged condition.
- § 46.3215. Nonliability of infants.
- § 46.3216. Lack of responsibility because of mental disease or defect.
- § 46.3301. Definitions.
- § 46.3302. Civil remedies unaffected.
- § 46.3303. Execution of public duty.
- § 46.3304. Justification
- § 46.3305. Use of force in defense of persons.
- § 46.3306. Use of physical force in defense of premises.
- § 46.3307. Use of physical force in defense of property.
- § 46.3308. Law enforcement officer's use of force in making an arrest.
- § 46.3309. Private person's use of force in making an arrest.
- § 46.3310. Use of force to prevent escape from confinement.
- § 46.3311. Use of force by persons with responsibility for care, discipline, or safety of others.
- § 46.3401. Attempt
- § 46.3402. Attempt
- § 46.3403. Attempt
- § 46.3404. Attempt
- § 46.3405. Conspiracy
- § 46.3406. Conspiracy
- § 46.3407. Conspiracy
- § 46.3408. Conspiracy
- § 46.3409. Conspiracy
- § 46.3410. Conspiracy
- § 46.3411. Conspiracy
- § 46.3501. Definitions.
- § 46.3502. Murder in the 1st degree.
- § 46.3503. Murder in the 2nd degree.
- § 46.3504. Manslaughter.
- § 46.3505. Criminally negligent homicide.
- § 46.3506. Promoting suicide.
- § 46.3510. Determination of guilt prior to sentencing.
- § 46.3511. Verdict of guilty
- § 46.3512. Error in presentence hearing
- § 46.3513. Death penalty
- § 46.3514. Evidence to be considered in 1st degree murder cases.
- § 46.3515. High Court to review all death sentences.
- § 46.3516. Effect of finding unconstitutional provisions.
- § 46.3520. Assault in the 1st degree.
- § 46.3521. Assault in the 2nd degree.
- § 46.3522. Assault in the 3rd degree.
- § 46.3523. Consent as a defense.
- § 46.3524. Harassment.
- § 46.3525. Stalking.
- § 46.3530. Lack of consent in kidnapping and crimes involving restraint.
- § 46.3531. Kidnapping.
- § 46.3532. Felonious restraint.
- § 46.3533. False imprisonment.
- § 46.3534. Defenses to false imprisonment.
- § 46.3535. Interference with custody.
- § 46.3601. Definitions.
- § 46.3602. Determination of marriage.
- § 46.3603. Mistake as to incapacity or age.
- § 46.3604. Rape.
- § 46.3610. Sexual assault.
- § 46.3611. Sodomy.
- § 46.3612. Deviate sexual assault.
- § 46.3615. Sexual abuse in the first degree.
- § 46.3616. Sexual abuse in the second degree.
- § 46.3617. Indecent exposure.
- § 46.3618. Child molesting.
- § 46.3619. Mandatory HIV testing for persons convicted of sexual offenses, or adjudicated as a juvenile offender.
- § 46.3701. Definitions.
- § 46.3702. Prostitution.
- § 46.3703. Patronizing prostitution.
- § 46.3704. Prostitution and patronizing prostitution
- § 46.3705. Promoting prostitution in the first degree.
- § 46.3706. Promoting prostitution in the second degree.
- § 46.3707. Prostitution houses considered public nuisances.
- § 46.3801. Bigamy.
- § 46.3802. Incest.
- § 46.3805. Abandonment of child.
- § 46.3806. Criminal nonsupport.
- § 46.3810. Endangering the welfare of a child.
- § 46.3811. Abuse of a child.
- § 46.3812. Child neglect
- § 46.3901. Definitions.
- § 46.3902. Unlawful abortion.
- § 46.3903. Authorized abortions.
- § 46.3904. Conscientious objections to abortion
- § 46.3905. Concealing birth of an infant.
- § 46.3906. Distributing abortifacients.
- § 46.4001. Definitions.
- § 46.4002. Robbery in the first degree.
- § 46.4003. Robbery in the second degree.
- § 46.4010. Arson in the first degree.
- § 46.4011. Arson in the second degree.
- § 46.4012. Arson in the third degree.
- § 46.4020. Tampering in the first degree.
- § 46.4021. Tampering in the second degree.
- § 46.4022. Property damage in the first degree.
- § 46.4023. Property damage in the second degree.
- § 46.4024. Property damage in the third degree.
- § 46.4025. Claim of right.
- § 46.4026. Trespass.
- § 46.4030. Burglary in the first degree.
- § 46.4031. Burglary in the second degree.
- § 46.4032. Possession of burglar's tools.
- § 46.4101. Definitions.
- § 46.4102. Determination of value.
- § 46.4103. Stealing.
- § 46.4104. Embezzlement.
- § 46.4105. Aggregation of amounts involved in stealing.
- § 46.4106. Lost property.
- § 46.4107. Receiving stolen property.