(1) Where the Attorney General applies for a forfeiture declaration under section 33, he or she shall give written notice, within 14 business days of making the application, to an alien that he or she has reason to believe may have an interest in the land.
(2) An alien or a person who claims to have an interest in the land may appear and adduce evidence at the hearing of the application, and the Court may, at any time before making a declaration, direct the Attorney General —
(a) to give notice of the application to a person who, in the opinion of the Court, appears to have an interest in the land;
(b) to publish in the Gazette and in a newspaper published and in general circulation in Saint Lucia, notice of the application in the manner and containing the particulars and within the time that the Court considers appropriate.