Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

• 1.   Definition

• 2.   Commercial domicile

• 3.   Conflict of laws

• 4.   Capacity in general

• 5.   Married women

• 6.   Separate trade

• 7.   (Repealed by Act 5 of 1957)

• 8.   Minors

• 9.   Method of keeping accounts prescribed

• 10.   Admissibility as evidence

• 11.   Goodwill

• 12.   Right of purchaser to use name of vendor

• 13.   Soliciting customers of old business

• 14.   Vendor using old name

• 15.   Value or goodwill

• 16.   Unfair competition

• 17.   Covenants in restraint of trade

• 18.   Forms of association

• 19.   Prohibition of partnerships exceeding certain number

• 20.   Registration

• 21.   Definition of partnership

• 22.   Rules for determining existence of partnership

• 23.   Postponement of rights of person lending or selling in consideration of share of profits in caseof insolvency

• 24.   Power of partner to bind the firm

• 25.   Partners bound by acts on behalf of firm

• 26.   Partner using credit of firm for private purposes

• 27.   Effect of notice that firm will not be bound by acts of partner

• 28.   Liability of partners

• 29.   Liability of the firm for wrongs

• 30.   Misapplication of money or property received for or in custody of the firm

• 31.   Liability for wrongs joint and several

• 32.   Improper employment of trust property for partnership purposes

• 33.   Persons liable by “holding out”

• 34.   Admissions and representations of partners

• 35.   Notice to acting partner to be notice to the firm

• 36.   Liabilities of incoming and outgoing partners

• 37.   Revocation of continuing guaranty by change in firm

• 38.   Variation by consent of terms of partnership

• 39.   Partnership property

• 40.   Property bought with partnership money

• 41.   Conversion into personal estate of land held as partnership property

• 42.   Procedure against partnership property for a partner's separate judgment debt

• 43.   Rules as to interests and duties of partners subject to special agreement

• 44.   Expulsion of partner

• 45.   Retirement from partnership at will

• 46.   Where partnership for term is continued over, continuance on old terms presumed

• 47.   Duty of partners to render accounts etc.

• 48.   Accountability of partners for private profits

• 49.   Duty of partner not to compete with firm

• 50.   Rights of assignee of share in partnership

• 51.   Dissolution by expiration or notice

• 52.   Dissolution by banruptcy, death, or charge

• 53.   Dissolution by illegality of partnership

• 54.   Dissolution by the court

• 55.   Rights of persons dealing with firm against apparent members of firm

• 56.   Right of partners to notify dissolution

• 57.   Continuing authority of partners for purposes of winding up

• 58.   Rights of partners as to application of partnership property

• 59.   Apportionment of premium where partnership prematurely dissolved

• 60.   Rights where partnership dissolved for fraud or misrepresentation

• 61.   Rights of outgoing partner in certain cases to share profits made after dissolution

• 62.   Retiring or deceased partner's share to be a debt

• 63.   Rules for distribution of assets on final settlement of accounts

• 64.   General partner

• 65.   Definition and constitution of limited partnership

• 66.   Registration required

• 67.   Modifications of general law in case of limited partnership

• 68.   Registration

• 69.   Registration of changes

• 70.   Advertisement in gazette

• 71.   The registrar

• 72.   Rules

• 240.   Interpretation

• 241.   Powers of mercantile agent with respect to disposition of goods

• 242.   Effect of pledges of documents of title

• 243.   Pledge for antecedent debt

• 244.   Rights acquired by exchange of goods or documents

• 245.   Etc.

• 246.   Provisions as to consignors and consignees

• 247.   Definition

• 248.   Duties of factors

• 249.   Implied authority of factors

• 250.   Definition

• 251.   Duty of broker

• 252.   Implied authority of broker

• 253.   Insurance brokers

• 254.   Definition

• 255.   Transfer of title

• 256.   Failure of purchaser to pay

• 257.   When liable for conversion

• 258.   Lien

• 259.   Neglect to obtain deposit

• 260.   Retention of deposit until completion

• 261.   Negligent misdescription

• 262.   Bidding at auction sales

• 263.   Official sales

• 271.   INTERPRETATION

• 271.   Sale and agreement to sell

• 273.   Capacity to buy and sell

• 274.   Contract of sale, how made

• 275.   (Repealed by Act 5 of 1957)

• 276.   Existing or future goods

• 277.   Goods which have perished

• 278.   Goods perishing before sale but after agreement to sell

• 279.   Ascertainment of price

• 280.   Agreement to sell at valuation

• 281.   Stipulations as to time

• 282.   When condition to be treated as warranty

• 283.   Implied undertaking as to title, etc.

• 284.   Sale by description

• 285.   Implied conditions as to quality or fitness

• 286.   Sale by sample

• 287.   Goods must be ascertained

• 288.   Property pases when intended to pass

• 289.   Rules for ascertaining intention

• 290.   Reservation of the right of disposal

• 291.   Risk prima facie pases with property

• 292.   Sale by person not the owner

• 293.   Market overt

• 294.   Sale under voidable title

• 295.   Revesting of property in stolen goods on conviction of offender

• 296.   Seller or buyer in possession after sale

• 297.   Effects of writs of execution

• 298.   Duties of seller and buyer

• 299.   Payment and delivery are concurrent conditions

• 300.   Rules as to delivery

• 301.   Delivery of wrong quantity

• 302.   Instalment deliveries

• 303.   Delivery to carrier

• 304.   Risk where goods are delivered at distant place

• 305.   Buyer's right of examining the goods

• 306.   Acceptance

• 307.   Buyer not bound to return rejected goods

• 308.   Liability of buyer for neglecting or refusing delivery of goods

• 309.   Unpaid seller defined

• 310.   Unpaid seller's rights

• 311.   Seller's lien

• 312.   Part delivery

• 313.   Termination of lien

• 314.   Right of stoppage in transit

• 315.   Duration of transit

• 316.   How stoppage in transitu is effected

• 317.   Effect of sub-sale or pledge by buyer

• 318.   Sale not generally rescinded by lien or stoppage in transitu

• 319.   Action for price

• 320.   Damages for non-acceptance

• 321.   Damages for non-delivery

• 322.   Specific performance

• 323.   Remedy for breach of warranty

• 324.   Interest and special damages

• 325.   INTERPRETATION

• 326.   Bills of exchange defined

• 327.   Inland and foreign bills

• 328.   Effect where different parties to bill are the same person

• 329.   Address to drawee

• 330.   Certainty required as to payee

• 331.   What bills are negotiable

• 332.   Sum payable

• 333.   Bill payable on demand

• 334.   Bill payable at a future time

• 335.   Omission of date in bill payable after date

• 336.   Ante-dating and post-dating

• 337.   Computation of time of payment

• 338.   Case of need

• 339.   Optional stipulations by drawer or indorser

• 340.   Definition and requisites of acceptance

• 341.   Time for acceptance

• 342.   General and qualified acceptances

• 343.   Inchoate instruments

• 344.   Delivery

• 345.   Capacity of parties

• 346.   Signature essential to liability

• 347.   Forged or unauthorised signature

• 348.   Procuration signatures

• 349.   Person signing as agent or in representative capacity

• 350.   Value and holder for value

• 351.   Accommodation bill or party

• 352.   Holder in due course

• 353.   Presumption of value and good faith

• 354.   Negotiation of bill

• 355.   Requisites of a valid indorsement

• 356.   Conditional indorsement

• 357.   Indorsement in blank and special indorsement

• 358.   Restrictive indorsement

• 359.   Negotiation of overdue or dishonoured bill

• 360.   Negotiation of bill to party already liable thereon

• 361.   Rights of the holder

• 362.   When presentment for acceptance is necessary

• 363.   Time for presenting bill payable after sight

• 364.   Rules as to presentment for acceptance and excuses for non-presentment

• 365.   Non-acceptance

• 366.   Dishonour by non-acceptance and its consequences

• 367.   Duties as to qualified acceptances

• 368.   Rules as to presentment for payment

• 368A.   Presentment of cheque for payment: alternative place of presentment

• 368B.   Presentment of cheque for payment: alternative means of presentment by banker

• 369.   Excuses for delay or non-presentment for payment

• 370.   Dishonour by non-payment

• 371.   Notice of dishonour and effect of non-notice

• 372.   Rules as to notice of dishonour

• 373.   Excuses for non-notice and delay

• 374.   Noting or protest of bill

• 375.   Duties of holder as regards drawee or acceptor

• 375A.   Holder not obliged to exhibit bill to secure payment

• 376.   Funds in hand of drawee

• 377.   Liability of acceptor

• 378.   Liability of drawer or indorser

• 379.   Stranger signing bill liable as indorser

• 380.   Measure of damages against parties to dishonoured bill

• 381.   Transfer by delivery and transferee

• 382.   Payment in due course

• 383.   Banker paying demand draft whereon indorsement is forged

• 384.   Acceptor the holder at maturity

• 385.   Express waiver

• 386.   Cancellation

• 387.   Alteration of bill

• 388.   Acceptance for honour supra protest

• 389.   Liability for acceptor for honour

• 390.   Presentment to acceptor for honour

• 391.   Payment for honour supra protest

• 392.   Holder's right to duplicate of lost bill

• 393.   Action on lost bill

• 394.   Rules as to sets

• 395.   Rules where laws conflict

• 396.   Cheque defined

• 396A.   Cheque certification

• 397.   Presentment of cheque for payment

• 398.   Revocation of banker's authority

• 399.   General and special crossings defined

• 400.   Crossing by drawer or after issue

• 401.   Crossing a material part of cheque

• 402.   Duties of banker as to crossed cheques

• 403.   Protection to banker and drawer where cheque is crossed

• 404.   Effect of crossing on holder

• 404A.   Non transferable cheques

• 405.   Protection of banker

• 405A.   Application of articles 399 to 405 to banker's drafts

• 406.   Promissory note defined

• 407.   Delivery necessary

• 408.   Joint and several notes

• 409.   Note payable on demand

• 410.   Presentment of note for payment

• 411.   Liability of maker

• 412.   Application of part ii to notes

• 413.   Signature

• 414.   Computation of time

• 415.   When noting equivalent to protest

• 416.   Protest when notary not accessible

• 416A.   Regulations

• 417.   Marine insurance defined

• 418.   Mixed sea and land risks

• 419.   Marine adventure and maritime perils defined

• 420.   Avoidance of wagering or gaming contracts

• 421.   Insurable interest defined

• 422.   When interest must attach

• 423.   Defeasible or contingent interest

• 424.   Partial interest

• 425.   Re-insurance

• 426.   Bottomry

• 427.   Master's and seamen's wages

• 428.   Advance freight

• 429.   Charges of insurance

• 430.   Quantum of interest

• 431.   Assignment of interest

• 432.   Measure of insurable value

• 433.   Insurance is ubeerrimae fidei

• 434.   Disclosure by assured

• 435.   Disclosure by agent effecting insurance

• 436.   Representations pending negotiation of contract

• 437.   When contract is deemed to be concluded

• 438.   Contract must be embodied in policy

• 439.   What policy must specify

• 440.   Signature of insurer

• 441.   Voyage and time policies

• 442.   Designation of subject-matter

• 443.   Valued policy

• 444.   Unvalued policy

• 445.   Floating policy by ship or ships

• 446.   Construction of terms in policy

• 447.   Premium to be arranged

• 448.   Double insurance

• 449.   Nature of warranty

• 450.   When breach of warranty excused

• 451.   Express warranties

• 452.   Warranty of neutrality

• 453.   No implied warranty of nationality

• 454.   Warranty of good safety

• 455.   Warranty of seaworthiness of ship

• 456.   No implied warranty that goods are seaworthy

• 457.   Warranty of legality

• 458.   Implied condition as to commencement of risk

• 459.   Alteration of port of departures

• 460.   Sailing for different destination

• 461.   Change of voyage

• 462.   Deviation

• 463.   Several ports of discharge

• 464.   Delay in voyage

• 465.   Excuses for deviation or delay

• 466.   When and how policy is assignable

• 467.   Assured who has no interest cannot assign

• 468.   When premium payable

• 469.   Policy effected through broker

• 470.   Effect of receipt on policy

• 471.   Included and excluded losses

• 472.   Partial and total loss

• 473.   Actual total loss

• 474.   Missing ship

• 475.   Effect of transhipment, etc.

• 476.   Constructive total loss defined

• 477.   Effect of constructive total loss

• 478.   Notice of abandonment

• 479.   Effect of abandonment

• 480.   Particular average loss

• 481.   Salvage charges

• 482.   General average loss

• 483.   Extent of liability of insurer for loss

• 484.   Total loss

• 485.   Partial loss of ship

• 486.   Partial loss of freight

• 487.   Partial loss of goods, merchandise, etc.

• 488.   Apportionment of valuation

• 489.   General average contributions and salvage charges

• 490.   Liabilities to third parties

• 491.   General provision as to measure of indemnity

• 492.   Particular average warranties

• 493.   Successive losses

• 494.   Suing and labouring clause

• 495.   Right of subrogation

• 496.   Right of contribution

• 497.   Effect of under insurance

• 498.   Enforcement of return

• 499.   Return by agreement

• 500.   Return for failure of consideration

• 501.   Modification in case of mutual insurance

• 502.   Ratifications by assured

• 503.   Slip as evidence

• 504.   Interpretation of terms

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• 505.   Application of foregoing principles

• 506.   Proof of conditions and events

• 507.   Knowledge of agent

• 508.   Conditions precedent

• 509.   Definition

• 510.   Life policy

• 511.   Sum insured, how payable

• 512.   Gaming and wagering

• 513.   Insurable interest

• 514.   Form of policy

• 515.   Payment of premium

• 516.   Death by felony

• 517.   At what time sufficient

• 518.   Insurable value

• 519.   When and how policy is assignable

• 520.   Foreign insurers

• 521.   Lien on policy for premiums

• 522.   Debtor and creditor

• 523.   Novation

• 524.   Contract defined

• 525.   Policy and risk

• 526.   Duration

• 527.   Personal nature of contract

• 528.   Interest

• 529.   Description of property

• 530.   Locality

• 531.   Alteration of premises

• 532.   Value at time of loss

• 533.   Losses covered by policy

• 534.   Contribution

• 535.   Fraudulent claims

• 536.   Insurer's liability

• 537.   Reinstatement

• 538.   Assignment of policy

• 539.   Accident insurance defined

• 540.   Construction of accident policies

• 541.   Guarantee insurance defined

• 542.   Relation to ordinary guarantees

• 543.   Interpretation

• 544.   Acts of bankruptcy

• 545.   Receiving order

• 546.   When creditor may petition

• 547.   Proceedings on creditor's petition

• 548.   Order on debtor's petition

• 549.   Effect of receiving order

• 550.   Power to appoint special manager

• 551.   Advertisement of receiving order

• 552.   First meeting of creditors

• 553.   Debtor's statement of affairs

• 554.   Public examination of debtor

• 555.   Composition, etc.

• 556.   Effect of composition or scheme

• 557.   Adjudication where composition not accepted or approved

• 558.   Appointment of trustee

• 559.   Power to accept composition or scheme after adjudication

• 560.   Duties of the debtor as to discovery and realisation of property

• 561.   Arrest of debtor under certain circumstances

• 562.   Re-direction of debtor's letters

• 563.   Discovery of debtor's property

• 564.   Discharge of bankrupt

• 565.   Effect of order of discharge

• 566.   Disqualifications of bankrupt

• 567.   Vacating of office

• 568.   Annulling adjudication and the effect thereof

• 569.   Meaning of payment of debt in full

• 570.   Description of debts provable in bankruptcy

• 571.   Mutual credit and set off

• 572.   Proof of debts

• 573.   Priority of debts

• 574.   Relation back of trustee's title

• 575.   Description of bankrupt's property divisible amongst creditors

• 576.   Rights of creditors and duties of sheriff as to seizures in execution

• 577.   Avoidance of voluntary preferences

• 578.   Avoidance of fraudulent preferences

• 579.   Protection of bona fide transactions without notice

• 580.   Possession of property by trustee

• 581.   Seizure of property of bankrupt

• 582.   Appropriation of portion of salary to creditors

• 583.   Vesting and transfer of property

• 584.   Disclaimer of onerous property

• 585.   Powers of trustee

• 586.   Declaration and distribution of dividends

• 587.   Joint and separate dividends

• 588.   Provision for distant creditors disputed claims, etc.

• 589.   Rights of creditor who has not proved before declarion of dividend

• 590.   Final dividend

• 591.   No action for dividend

• 592.   Power to allow bankrupt to manage property

• 593.   Bankrupt's right to surplus

• 594.   Duties of receiver as to the debtor's conduct

• 595.   Duties of receiver as to debtor's estate

• 596.   Remuneration of trustee

• 597.   Payment of money into bank

• 598.   Trustee not to pay into private account

• 599.   Audit of trustee's accounts

• 600.   Trustee to furnish list of creditors

• 601.   Books to be kept by trustee

• 602.   Liability for misfeasance, etc.

• 603.   Effect of application for release

• 604.   Official name of trustee

• 605.   Power to appoint joint or successive trustee

• 606.   Office of trustee vacated by insolvency

• 607.   Removal of trustee

• 608.   Proceedings on vacancy in office of trustee

• 609.   Discretionary powers of trustee and control

• 610.   Appeal to court againstrustee

• 611.   Bankruptcy matters, how entitled and heard

• 612.   Consolidation of petitions

• 613.   Power to change carriage of proceedings

• 614.   Continuance of proceedings on death of debtor

• 615.   Power to stay proceedings

• 616.   Execution of search warrant

• 617.   Execution of companies

• 618.   Administration of partnership estates

• 619.   Application of bankruptcy law to limited partnerships

• 620.   Receiving order where debts or assets not likely to exceed $480

• 621.   Administration in bankruptcy of estate of debtor dying insolvent

• 622.   Rules, forms and tariffs

• 623.   Evidence of proceedings at meetings of creditors

• 624.   Formal defect not to invalidate proceedings

• 625.   Unclaimed dividends

• 626.   Provision in case of misdemeanour

• 627.   Certain provisions to bind the crown

• 628.   Application

• 629.   Complete and provision specifications

• 630.   Contents of specification

• 631.   Priority date of claims of complete specification

• 632.   Examination of applicationn

• 633.   Refusal of application in certain cases

• 634.   Right of applicant to be heard

• 635.   Assistance and remuneration of experts

• 636.   Acceptance and publication of complete specification

• 637.   Effect of acceptance of complete specification

• 638.   Opposition to grant of patent

• 639.   Grant and sealing of patent

• 640.   Date of patent

• 641.   Form of patent

• 642.   Fraudulent applications for patents

• 643.   Single patent for cognate inventions

• 644.   Term of patent

• 645.   Extension of term of patent

• 646.   Patents of addition

• 647.   Restoration of lapsed patents

• 648.   Amendment of specification by registrar

• 649.   Amendment of specification by the court

• 650.   Restriction on recovery of damages

• 651.   Advertisement of amendment

• 652.   Court may order patentee to grant licences

• 653.   Revocation of patent

• 654.   Particulard

• 655.   Hearing with assessor

• 656.   Power to counter-claim for revocation in an action for infringement

• 657.   Exemption of innocent infringer from liability for damages

• 658.   Order for inspection, etc., in action

• 659.   Certificate of validity questioned and costs thereon

• 660.   Remedy in case of groundless threats of legal proceedings

• 660A.   Registration of united kingdom patents

• 661.   Application for registration of designs

• 662.   Registration of designs in new classes

• 663.   Certificate of registration

• 663A.   Protection of designs registered in United Kingdom

• 664.   Copyright on registration

• 665.   Requirements before delivery on sale

• 666.   Effect of disclosure on copyright

• 667.   Inspection of registered designs

• 668.   Information as to existence of copyright

• 669.   Ceasing of copyright

• 670.   Piracy of registered design

• 671.   Application to designs of certain provisions as to patents

• 672.   Trade mark must be for particular goods or services

• 673.   Registrable trade marks

• 674.   Coloured trade marks

• 675.   Restriction on registration

• 676.   Application for registration

• 677.   Advertisement of application

• 678.   Opposition to registration

• 679.   Disclaimers

• 680.   Date of registration

• 681.   Certificate of registration

• 682.   Non-completion of registration

• 683.   Identical marks

• 684.   Rival claims to identical marks

• 685.   Concurrent user

• 686.   Associated trade marks

• 687.   Combined trade marks

• 688.   Series of trade marks

• 689. assignment and user of associated trade marks

• 690.   Application for registration

• 691.   Standardisation

• 691A.   Defensive registration of well known trade marks

• 692.   Powers of, and restrictions on, assignment and transmission

• 693.   Apportionment of marks on dissolution of partnership

• 694.   Duration of registration

• 695.   Renewal of registration

• 696.   Procedure on expiry of period of registration

• 697.   Status of unrenewed trade mark

• 698.   Removal from register and imposition of limitations on ground of non-use

• 698A.   Registered users

• 699.   Powers of registered proprietor

• 700.   Rights of proprietor of trade mark

• 701.   Registration to be prima facie evidence of validity

• 702.   Registration to be conclusive after 7 years

• 703.   Unregistered trade mark

• 704.   Infringement

• 705.   User of name, address or description of goods

• 706.   “passing off” action

• 707.   International and inter-colonial arrangements

• 708.   Registrar and office

• 709.   Interpretation

• 710.   Register of patents, designs and trade marks

• 711.   No trust to be entered

• 712.   Inspection of and extract from register

• 713.   Publication of annual list

• 714.   Transmission of copies to england

• 715.   Power for registrar to correct clerical errors

• 716.   Entry of assignments and transmissions in registers

• 717.   Rectification of registers by court

• 717A.   Power to expunge or vary registration for breach of condition

• 718.   Registrar to have notice of proceeding for rectification

• 719.   Costs of proceedings before the court

• 720.   Falsification of entries in register

• 721.   False respresentations in respect to patents or designs

• 722.   Unauthorised assumption of royal arms

• 723.   Penalty on falsely representing a trade mark as registered

• 724.   Evidence

• 725.   Extension of time

• 726.   Patent to bind crown

• 727.   Saving for prerogative

• 728.   Fees

• 729.   Appeals

• 730.   Rules and forms

• Schedule