FEDERAL · 48 U.S.C. · Chapter SUBCHAPTER II—AMERICAN SAMOA

Qualifications for Office of Delegate

48 U.S.C. § 1733
Title48Territories and Insular Possessions
ChapterSUBCHAPTER II—AMERICAN SAMOA

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48 U.S.C. § 1733.

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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.

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History

(Pub. L. 95–556, §3, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2078; Pub. L. 95–584, §3, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2483.)

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Amendments
1978—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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