2023 Laws not yet authenticated through a Commencement Order

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

Schedule 2

(Rules 51 and 52)

RESTRICTED DIETS

The restricted diets which may be awarded under rules 51 and 52 shall be as follows—

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    (1)   No. 1 Diet—

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      (a)     This diet, when given for a period of 3 days or less, shall consist of—

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        1 lb. bread per day with water.

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      (b)     This diet when given for more than 3 days shall consist for alternative periods of days of—

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        (i)     1 lb. bread per day with water,

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        (ii)     the diet prescribed for prisoners employed on ordinary industrial labour according to sex.

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      (c)     No task of labour shall be enforced on any one of the days on which bread and water constitute the sole food supplied to the prisoner, who may, nevertheless, be allowed the option of performing suitable labour in the cell.

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      (d)     No prisoner who has been on No. 1 diet shall be placed upon this diet for a fresh offence until an interval has elapsed equal to the period already passed by the prisoner on No. 1 diet.

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    (2)   No. 2 Diet—

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      (a)     This diet when given for a period of 21 days, or less, shall consist of—

      Meal 1      Bread, 8 oz. with water, 1 pint of porridge containing 3 oz. cornmeal.
      Meal 2      Sweet potatoes, 8 oz. Bread, 8 oz. plus water.
      Meal 3      Bread, 8 oz. plus water.
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      (b)     This diet when given for a period of more than 21 days shall consist of—

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        (i)     for the first 21 days, the diet at (2)(a),

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        (ii)     for the next 7 days the diet prescribed for prisoners employed on ordinary industrial labour according to sex,

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        (iii)     for the remainder of the period, the diet as at (2)(a).

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      (c)     If a prisoner while on No. 2 diet commits misconduct, No. 2 diet may be temporarily interrupted, and the prisoner may be placed on No. 1 diet for a period not exceeding 3 days; on the expiration of the period awarded on No. 1 diet the prisoner shall resume the diet originally ordered, and the period passed upon the No. 1 diet shall count as part of the period originally awarded on No. 2 diet. However, prisoner who has been on No. 2 diet for a period of 21 days continuously shall be again placed on either No. 1 or No. 2 diet The National Development Corporation owned Factory Shell No. 1604I.D.OD4 at Odsan in the Quarter of Castries is hereby declared to be a prison until after the expiration of one week.