6 chapters · 32 sections in this title.
A.S.C.A. § 1.0401 Registration required—Closing of register
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(a) Every matai in American Samoa must prior to 1 January 1969, register his title and designated name with the Territorial Registrar. (b) The matai title register shall be closed as of 1 January 1969, and any matai title not registered by that date may not be registered. (c) The…
A.S.C.A. § 1.0402 Registering more than one matai title prohibited
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Persons may not register more than one matai title at one time. History: 1977, PL 15-7.
A.S.C.A. § 1.0403 Qualifications for succession to title- Delegate to the U.S House of Representatives, staff members, dependents
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A person not possessing all of the following qualifications is ineligible to succeed to a matai title: (a) He must be of at least one-half Samoan blood. (b) He must have been born on American soil: provided that a person born of parents who were inhabitants of American Samoa, but…
A.S.C.A. § 1.0404 Eligibility to file claim or objection-Record of absent residents-Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives and staff members
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(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), no one is eligible to claim or object to the succession to a matai title unless he is a resident in American Samoa for one calendar year immediately preceding the date of the claim or objection. (b) The Territorial Registrar shal…