Power to punish contempt of authority

A.S.C.A. § 3.0203 — under High Court.

A.S.C.A. § 3.0203

The High Court of American Samoa shall have power to punish by fine or imprisonment, at its discretion, contempt of its authority consisting of the following:

(1) misbehavior of any person in its presence or so near thereto that the misbehavior obstructs the administration of justice;

(2) misbehavior of any of its officers in their official transactions; and

(3) disobedience or resistance to its lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command.

History: 1967, PL 10-27; 1969, PL 11-54.