Any single woman who may be with child or who may be delivered of a child may—
(a) before the birth of the child; or
(b) at any time within 12 months from the birth of the child; or
(c) at any time thereafter upon proof that the man alleged to be the father of the child has within 12 months next after the birth of the child paid money for its maintenance; or
(d) at any time within the 12 months next after the return to Saint Lucia of the man alleged to be the father of the child, upon proof that he ceased to reside in Saint Lucia within the 12 months next after the birth of the child, make application to the magistrate of the district in which she may reside, for a summons to be served on the man alleged by her to be the father of the child, and if such application be made before the birth of the child the woman shall make a deposition upon oath stating who is the father of the child, and such magistrate shall thereupon issue a summons to the person alleged to be the father of the child to appear before the magistrate on some day to be named in the summons.