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47A. The Governor General may by order direct that any register, index or other record or book, kept at the Registrar's office, worn out by time and use, or in such a state of decay from age, that errors or omissions, of a nature to prejudice the public, or endanger the rights of individuals, may be committed in or arise from the same, be replaced by the Registrar with another, in the same form as the first, wherein shall be transcribed, in so far as the writing thereof, or of the register of the same tenor kept by its depositary, can be deciphered, all the acts, matters and things contained in the said register, index or other record or book.

47B. The book in which such transcription is to be made shall be previously authenticated, signed and initialled, in the manner set forth in article 975 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

47C. The Registrar or his or her deputy shall, after having compared the original and copy, draw up and affix at the end of the copy, a certificate to the effect that the same has been examined and compared and is in conformity with the original.

47D. Every register, index or other record or book bearing such certificate, shall have the same authenticity, validity and effect, to all intents and purposes, as that whereof it is the transcription, and the provisions of any law applicable to the latter shall equally apply to the former.

47E. The original book shall nevertheless be carefully preserved and may avail and be consulted as occasion requires.

48. The domicile of a person, for all civil purposes, is at the place where he or she has his or her principal residence.

49. A person holding a temporary or revocable public appointment retains his former domicile unless he or she manifests a contrary intention.

50. A married woman, not separated from bed and board, has no other domicile than that of her husband.

The domicile of an unmarried minor is with his or her father and mother, or with his or her tutor.

The domicile of a person of the age of majority interdicted for unsoundness of mind is with his or her curator. (Amended by Act 34 of 1956)

51. The domicile of persons of the age of majority, who serve or work continuously for others, is at the residence of those whom they serve or for whom they work, if they reside in the same house.

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)