Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

1239.   Powers of district court to bind persons for good behaviour

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    (1)   The power of a Court of summary jurisdiction, to adjudge any person to enter into a recognizance with or without sureties to keep the peace or to be of good behaviour towards another person shall be exercised by an order made upon a complaint laid by that other person and the provisions of this Code shall apply accordingly.

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    (2)   The complainant and the defendant and witnesses may be called and examined and cross-examined, and the complainant and the defendant shall respectively be subject to costs, as in the case of any other complaint.

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    (3)   Where a complaint is made by any person against another person to the effect that the defendant has incited any other person or persons to commit a breach of the peace, the Magistrate may, if the complaint is established and he or she is satisfied that the defendant intends to persevere in such incitement, order him or her to enter into a recognizance with or without a surety or sureties, to keep the peace and to be of good behaviour for a period not exceeding 6 months.

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    (4)   The magistrate may make such an order although it has not been established that the defendant caused any individual person to be in fear of bodily harm.

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    (5)   The Court may order the defendant, in default of compliance with the order, to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year.