Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

1003.   Validity of proceedings

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    (1)   Judgment after verdict upon an indictment for any offence shall not be stayed or reversed—

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      (a)     by reason that the jury process has been assigned to a wrong officer, upon an insufficient suggestion;

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      (b)     for any misnomer or misdescription of the officer returning such process, or of the jurors;

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      (c)     because any person has served upon the jury who was not returned as a juror by the sheriff or other officer.

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    (2)   Where the offence charged is an offence created by any enactment, or is liable to a greater degree of punishment by any enactment, the indictment shall after verdict be held sufficient, if it describes the offence in the words of the enactment creating the offence, or prescribing the punishment, although the words disjunctively state the offence or appear to include more than one offence, or otherwise.

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