(a) The Court may not substitute its judgment for that of the Board as to the weight of the evidence on questions of fact. In reviewing the Board’s interpretation of the evidence, its factual inferences, and its conclusions of law, the court shall give substantial weight to the Board’s experience, technical competence and specialized knowledge of immigration problems in American Samoa.
(b) The review shall be confined to the record; however, the Court in its sound discretion may receive evidence to supplement the record.
History: 1984, PL 18-52 § 2, amd 2004, PL 28-17.