Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

141.   Procuring or aiding and abetting

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    (1)   A person who—

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      (a)     procures any male or female under 18 years of age to have unlawful sexual intercourse or sexual connection with another person within or outside this State;

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      (b)     procures any male or female to become, either within or outside this State, a common prostitute;

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      (c)     procures any male or female to leave this State with intent that he or she may, for the purposes of prostitution, become an inmate of, or frequent, a brothel elsewhere;

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      (d)     procures any male or female to leave his or her usual place of abode in this State with intent that he or she may for the purposes of prostitution, become an inmate or frequent a brothel, in any country,

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    is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 7 years.

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    (2)   A person who, knowing that an offence under subsection (1) has been committed by the person, aids and abets the unlawful detention of another person, or otherwise aids and abets the execution of the intent with which that offence was committed, commits that offence.

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    (3)   A police officer may take into custody without a warrant the person whom he or she has reasonable cause to suspect of having committed or attempted to commit, any offence under this section.