Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

Section I   General Provisions

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    995.   An obligation to give involves the obligation to deliver the thing and to keep it safe until delivery. The obligation to keep the thing safely obliges the person charged therewith to keep it with all the care of a prudent administrator.

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    996.   Every obligation renders the debtor liable in damages for breach or non-fulfilment of it.

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    997.   The creditor may without prejudice to his or her claim for damages, demand specific performance or fulfilment in a case which admits of it, or that he or she may be authorised to execute the obligation at the debtor's expense, or that the contract that gives rise to the obligation be set aside, subject to the special provisions of this Code.

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    998.   The creditor may without prejudice to his or her claim for damages, obtain the undoing at the debtor's expense of what has been done in a breach of the obligation, if the nature of the case permits.