American Samoa § 46.1801 - Designation of prosecutor

§ 46.1801. Designation of prosecutor

(a) The pulenuu of each village, or his designee, shall serve as prosecutor before the court for the village, except that when the pulenuu is to be a witness, he shall designate another person as prosecutor. (b) When a pulenuu has evidence that a village regulation has been violated, he may file a complaint with the village court. The complaint shall be in writing and a copy shall be served on the accused prior to arraignment. The complaint shall advise the accused in effective and understandable language of the following: (1) the nature of the charge against him and the specific regulation involved; (2) the time and place of his arraignment for the entry of his plea and the time and place of his trial if he pleads not guilty; (3) his rights as enumerated in 46.1804; (4) his right to a retrial de novo before the district court as provided in 46.1808. Amendments: 1979 Subsection (a): deleted “district” from before “court”. Subsection (1,): substituted, “village court”, for “district court” in first sentence, and, in paragraph (4), substituted “district court” for “High Court”.