American Samoa · American Samoa Code Annotated Title 46 — Criminal Justice
A.S.C.A. tit. 46 § 46.5103: Sexual offenses committed upon or in the presence of an elderly person or disable adult
What this law says, in plain English
This statute defines three sexual offenses against elderly or disabled persons: lewd assault (class B felony), lewd molestation (class C felony), and lewd exhibition (class C felony). All require the offender to know or reasonably know the victim lacks capacity to consent or fails to consent.
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