The American Samoa Code Annotated: Title 46 - Criminal Justice, Chapter 13 - Mental Competency of Accused
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31 December 1979
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Code AnnotatedTitle 46 - Criminal Justice
Chapter 13 - Mental Competency of Accused
Under 46.1301 through 46.l3l0 and 46.3216, the following persons are subject to confine-ment for mental incompetency or insanity in American Samoa:
(1) defendants found mentally incompetent to stand criminal trial; or
(2) defendants found insane at the time of the commission of a criminal act.
History: 1979, PL 16-43 ยง 2.
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