American Samoa

American Samoa Code Annotated Title 46 — Criminal Justice

420 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 46.0101 — Legislative declaration
• § 46.0102 — Creation-Composition-Staffing
• § 46.0103 — Meetings-Quorum-Committees-Rules
• § 46.0104 — Powers and duties
• § 46.0201 — Appointment of officers
• § 46.0202 — Security guards-Appointment and powers
• § 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-Affidavit
• § 46.0803 — Warrant of arrest and commitment-Issuance
• § 46.0804 — Warrant of arrest and commitment-Form
• § 46.0805 — Authority to arrest without a warrant when
• § 46.0806 — Arrest without warrant by private person
• § 46.0807 — Arrest without warrant-Affidavit and application for 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-Form
• § 46.0908 — Warrant for extradition-Contents
• § 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-Writ of habeas corpus-Penalty for denial of rights
• § 46.0913 — Confinement of arrested persons
• § 46.0914 — Warrant to apprehend person charged with crime
• § 46.0915 — Lawful arrest-By officer or private citizen without warrant
• § 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-Forfeit of bond
• § 46.0920 — Effect of prosecution in territory prior to demand
• § 46.0921 — Inquiry into guilt of accused
• § 46.0923 — Demand for person charged with crime in American Samoa-Warrant issued
• § 46.0924 — Demand for person charged with crime in American Samoa-Written application-Verification
• § 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-Evidence
• § 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-Mileage fee
• § 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-Filing complaint
• § 46.1803 — Plea of not guilty-Trial
• § 46.1804 — Rights of accused
• § 46.1805 — Admissible evidence
• § 46.1806 — Sentencing-Suspensions
• § 46.1807 — Failure to appear or perform sentence
• § 46.1808 — Retrial de novo-District court
• § 46.1901 — Authorized dispositions
• § 46.1902 — Felony or misdemeanor-Combination of dispositions
• § 46.1903 — Infraction-Combination of dispositions
• § 46.1904 — Offense by organization-Combination of dispositions
• § 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-Effect of Ifoga ceremony
• § 46.2001 — Findings-Purpose
• § 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-Warrant of arrest or summons
• § 46.2106 — Default by corporation
• § 46.2107 — Means of collection upon default
• § 46.2108 — Revocation of a fine
• § 46.2201 — Probation officers–Appointment, compensation, removal, and fees
• § 46.2202 — Probation officers-Duties
• § 46.2203 — Eligibility
• § 46.2204 — Terms of probation
• § 46.2205 — Conditions-Revocation or modification
• § 46.2206 — Detention condition of probation
• § 46.2207 — Multiple terms run concurrently
• § 46.2208 — Termination of probation-Discharge of defendant
• § 46.2209 — Violation of condition
• § 46.2210 — Notice of revocation to probationer
• § 46.2211 — Notice to appear to answer charges-Warrant of arrest
• § 46.2212 — Authority to arrest or detain probationer
• § 46.2213 — Arrest-Preliminary hearing-Release on bail
• § 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-Credit for jail time awaiting trial
• § 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-Bread and water rations
• § 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–Duties
• § 46.2527 — Inmate transport between prison and worksite-Carrier duty
• § 46.2528 — Inmate earnings
• § 46.2529 — Earnings exempt from process
• § 46.2530 — Private detention facility-Halfway house
• § 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-Consent by Governor
• § 46.2701 — Board of parole-Creation and membership-Powers
• § 46.2702 — Eligibility-Board-Procedure
• § 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-Definition
• § 46.3203 — Culpable mental state-Application
• § 46.3204 — Culpable mental state-When not required
• § 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-Avoidance of harm or evil