Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

1103.   Sentencing Guidelines

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    (1)   Subject to section 1104 the Chief Justice may, from time to time, after consultation with the Attorney General, the Director of Public Prosecutions and any other relevant person or body, issue to the district courts, Sentencing Guidelines with respect to such offences as he or she may consider appropriate, and these Guidelines shall be complied with by every magistrate.

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    (2)   The guidelines may be issued by way of regulations.

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    (3)   Where a magistrate does not comply with any such Guidelines when passing a sentence in respect of any offence to which the Guidelines relate, he or she shall state in writing and in open Court, why the Guidelines were not followed in the particular case.