Title 4 — Executive
12 chapters · 131 sections in this title.
A.S.C.A. § 4.0801 Applicability of provisions of this chapter
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(a) Preliminary investigation with respect to certain covered persons. The Attorney General shall conduct a preliminary investigation in accordance with section 4.0802 whenever the Attorney General receives information sufficient to constitute grounds to investigate whether any p…
A.S.C.A. § 4.0802 Preliminary investigation and application for appointment of an independent prosecutor
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(a) Conduct of Preliminary Investigation. (1) In general. A preliminary investigation conducted under this chapter shall be of such matters as the Attorney General considers appropriate in order to make a determination, under subsection (b) or section 4.0807, on whether further i…
A.S.C.A. § 4.0803 Duties of the division of the court
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(a) Reference to division of the court. The division of the court to which this chapter refers is the division established under section 4.0809 of this chapter. (b) Appointment and jurisdiction of Independent Prosecutor. (1) Authority. Upon receipt of an application under section…
A.S.C.A. § 4.0804 Authority and duties of an independent prosecutor
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(a) Authorities. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an independent prosecutor appointed under this chapter shall have, with respect to all matters in such independent prosecutor’s prosecutorial jurisdiction established under this chapter, full power and independent autho…
A.S.C.A. § 4.0805 Legislative oversight
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(a) Oversight of Conduct of Independent Prosecutor. (1) Legislative oversight. The appropriate committees of the Legislature shall have oversight jurisdiction with respect to the official conduct of any independent prosecutor appointed under this chapter, and such independent pro…
A.S.C.A. § 4.0806 Removal of an independent prosecutor-Termination of office
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(a) Removal, report on removal. (1) Grounds for removal. An independent prosecutor appointed under this chapter may be removed from office only by the personal action of the Attorney General and only for good cause, physical or mental disability (if not prohibited by law protecti…
A.S.C.A. § 4.0807 Relationship with Office of the Attorney General
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(a) Suspension of other investigations and proceedings. Whenever a matter is in the prosecutorial jurisdiction of an independent prosecutor or has been accepted by an independent prosecutor under section 4.0804(e), the Attorney General, and all other officers and employees of the…
A.S.C.A. § 4.0808 Severability
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If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter and the application of such provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidat…
A.S.C.A. § 4.0809 Assignment of judges to division to appoint independent prosecutor
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(a) Appointing division. Beginning with the two-year period commencing on the effective date of this section, three justices, associate judges or district court judges shall be assigned for each successive two-year period to a division of the High Court of American Samoa to be th…