2011 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 16 - DELEGATES TO CONGRESS (§§ 1711 - 1757)
Subchapter II - AMERICAN SAMOA (§§ 1731 - 1735)
Section 1733 - Qualifications for Office of Delegate
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS CHAPTER 16 - DELEGATES TO CONGRESS SUBCHAPTER II - AMERICAN SAMOA Sec. 1733 - Qualifications for Office of Delegate |
| Contains | section 1733 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 95-556, §3, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2078; Pub. L. 95-584, §3, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2483. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 92 Stat. 2078, 2483 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 95-556, Public Law 95-584 |
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To be eligible for the office of Delegate a candidate shall—
(a) be at least twenty-five years of age on the date of the election;
(b) owe allegiance to the United States;
(c) be an inhabitant of the Territory of American Samoa; and
(d) not be, on the date of the election, a candidate for any other office.
(Pub. L. 95–556, §3, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2078; Pub. L. 95–584, §3, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2483.)
Amendments1978—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–584 substituted allegiance requirement for provision requiring United States citizenship for at least seven years prior to the date of the election.
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