Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

32.   Periodic returns

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    (1)   Every credit bureau shall furnish the Central Bank with periodic returns regarding its business operations, in such form and time as may be prescribed by regulation.

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    (2)   A credit bureau commits an offence if the credit bureau wilfully —

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      (a)     fails or refuses to comply with subsection (1); or

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      (b)     furnishes the Central Bank with an incomplete, inadequate, inaccurate or late periodic return.

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    (3)   Where a credit bureau commits an offence under subsection (2), the credit bureau —

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      (a)     is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding $10 000; and

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      (b)     in the case of a continuing offence, is liable to an additional fine of $2 000 for each day that the failure to comply continues after conviction.