Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

• 1.   Short title

• 2.   Interpretation

• 3.   Form of contract of tenancy

• 4.   Consideration for contract

• 5.   Contracts to be filed by landlords

• 6.   Payment of stamp duty

• 7.   Application to subsisting contract

• 8.   Copies of contract

• 9.   Unfiled contracts admissible in evidence

• 10.   Effect of unfiled contracts

• 11.   Determination

• 12.   Tenancy not to terminate unless 6 months' notice given

• 13.   Notice to quit

• 14.   Assignment of contract

• 15.   Sub-letting prohibited

• 16.   Incoming owner's liability on subsisting contracts

• 17.   Contract in respect of hypothecated holdings

• 18.   Right of tenant to remain after notice to quit

• 19.   Compensation for improvements

• 20.   Consent of landlord to improvements

• 21.   Landlord and tenant may agree upon compensation

• 22.   Service of notice of arbitration

• 23.   Power to demand production of documents

• 24.   Form of award

• 25.   Time for award and delivery of award

• 26.   Sum awarded to be deemed a judgment debt

• 27.   Appeals

• 28.   Assessments of unexhausted improvements

• 29.   No claim for compensation after 3 months

• 30.   Boundaries to be marked by landlord

• 31.   Special provisions relating to specified trees

• 32.   Regulations

• 33.   Jurisdiction of magistrate

• 34.   Contracting out prohibited

• 35.   Provisions of this Act to prevail

• Schedule 1

• Schedule 2

• Schedule 3

• Schedule 4

• Schedule 5

• Schedule 6