Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

73.   Parliamentary and judicial proceedings and statutory inquiries

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    (1)   Copyright in a work is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of parliamentary or judicial proceedings or, subject to subsection (3), for the purposes of reporting such proceedings.

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    (2)   Copyright in a work is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of the proceedings of a statutory inquiry or, subject to subsection (3), for the purposes of reporting any such proceedings held in public.

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    (3)   The provisions of subsections (1) and (2) relating to the reporting of proceedings shall not be construed as authorising the copying of a work which is itself a published report of the proceedings.

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    (4)   Copyright in a work is not infringed by the issue to the public of copies of the report of a statutory inquiry containing the work or material from it.

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    (5)   In this section, “statutory inquiry” means an inquiry held or investigation conducted under a duty imposed or power conferred by or under an enactment.