Title 46 — Criminal Justice

(a) There is created in the executive branch a board of parole, consisting of 5 members ap-pointed by the Governor, all of whom must be nonelected citizens of American Samoa not employed by the government. The board shall select one of its members to be the chairman. (b) The boar…

(a) A prisoner other than a juvenile delinquent or a committed youth offender, wherever confined, and serving a term or terms of over 6 months, who has served the minimum prison term under 46.2304 may apply to the board for parole. A prisoner whose application for parole is denie…

(a) If it appears to the board from a report by the proper institutional officers, or upon application by a prisoner eligible for release on parole, that there is a reasonable probability that the prisoner will live and remain at liberty without violating the law, and if in the o…

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions established by the board, a parolee may be allowed to return to his home or go elsewhere. The parolee remains in the legal custody and under the control of the attorney general. The parole continues until the expiration of the maximum term …

(a) When an alien prisoner subject to deportation becomes eligible for parole, the board may authorize his release on the condition that he be deported and remain outside American Samoa. (b) The prisoner, when his parole becomes effective, shall be delivered to the duly authorize…

(a) A warrant for the retaking of any American Samoan prisoner who has violated his parole may be issued only by the board of a member of it and within the maximum term or terms for which he was sentenced. (b) The unexpired term of imprisonment of that prisoner shall begin to run…