Constitution of the Independent
State of Samoa
(a)
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a retired Samoan Judge of the Supreme Court or a
retired President as Chairperson of the Court, to
be appointed by the Head of State on the advice
of Cabinet;
(b)
one (1) Samoan Judge of the Supreme Court (i)
to be appointed by the Head of State on the
advice of the Chief Justice; and
(ii)
as Chairperson in the absence of the
Chairperson; and
(c)
the President or a retired Deputy President, or a
retired Vice President of the Land and Titles
Court to be appointed by the Head of State acting
on the advice of the President; and
(d)
a Samoan Lawyer who is a Matai and is qualified
to be a Judge of the Supreme Court to be
appointed by the Head of State on the advice of
the President.
(3) Any three (3) members of the Land and Titles Court of
Appeal and Review may at any one (1) sitting exercise the
powers of the Land and Titles Court of Appeal and Review.
(4) A member of the Land and Titles Court of Appeal and
Review is disqualified from sitting on an appeal or a review if he
or she was a member of the Land and Titles High Court at the
appeal hearing, or the Land and Titles Court hearing at the first
instance.
(5) The Land and Titles Court of Appeal and Review shall:
(a)
have original, appellate and, revisional
jurisdiction; and
(b)
possess and exercise all the jurisdiction, power,
and authority, which may be necessary to
administer the laws under this Part IX Land and
Titles Court.
(6) The Land and Titles Court of Appeal and Review in
particular shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine:
(a)
an appeal from a decision of the Land and Titles
High Court of managing and constitutional
ground of such petition as provided in an Act; and
(b)
an application for judicial review or a review of a
decision of the Land and Titles Court or the Land
and Titles High Court of managing and