2013
Crimes
No. 10
SAMOA
Arrangement of Provisions
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1.
2.
Short title and
commencement
Interpretation
PART II
JURISDICTION
3.
4.
5.
Meaning of Samoa
Application
Persons not to be tried in
respect of things done outside
of Samoa
6. Place of commission of
offence
7. Jurisdiction in respect of
crimes on ships or aircraft
beyond Samoa
8. Extraterritorial jurisdiction for
offences with transnational
aspects
9. Offences not to be punishable
except under Samoan Acts
10. Offence under more than one
enactment
PART III
MATTERS OF
JUSTIFICATION
OR EXCUSE
11. General rule as to
justifications
12. Infancy
13. Insanity
14. Compulsion
15. Ignorance of the law
16. Consent to death
17. Self-defence
18. Defence of dwellinghouse
19. Defence of land or building
20. Defence of moveable
property
21. Excessive force
PART IV
JUSTIFICATION OR EXCUSE
IN THE ARREST OF ANY
PERSON
22. Execution of warrant
23. Arrest by a constable pursuant
to statutory powers