Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

23.   Offences

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   (1)   A person who —

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      (a)     fraudulently procures or attempts to procure the registration of himself or herself or any other person by making or producing, or causing to be made or produced, any false or fraudulent representation or declaration, either orally or in writing;

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      (b)     fraudulently makes, causes or permits to be made —

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         (i)     any false or incorrect entry or copy of an entry in the Register, or

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         (ii)     any alteration in any entry or copy of any entry in the Register;

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      (c)     not being a registered architect —

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         (i)     practices architecture for which he demands or receives any fee, gratuity or remuneration, whether or not such fee, gratuity or remuneration is demanded or received in Saint Lucia,

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         (ii)     pretends to be a registered architect,

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         (iii)     makes use of the name or title of architect or any other name, title, addition, designation or description implying that he or she is a registered architect or is entitled to be recognized or to practice as a registered architect, is guilty of an offence under this Act.

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   (2)   A person who is guilty of an offence under this Act is liable on summary conviction —

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      (a)     for a first offence, to a fine of $5,000.00 or to imprisonment for 6 months; and

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      (b)     for each subsequent offence, to a fine of $10,000.00 or to imprisonment for 12 months.

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   (3)   In any prosecution under paragraph (c) of subsection (1), the absence of the name of the persons charged from the list last published in the Gazette pursuant to section 6(3) is prima facie evidence that such person is not a registered architect.