Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

157.   Incest

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    (1)   A person commits incest who, knowing that another person is by blood relationship his or her parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent or grandchild, as the case may be, has sexual intercourse or sexual connection with that person.

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    (2)   A person who commits incest commits an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years.

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    (3)   No accused shall be determined by a Court to have committed an offence under this section if the accused was under restraint, duress or fear of the person with whom the accused had the sexual intercourse at the time the sexual intercourse occurred.

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    (4)   In this section, “brother” and “sister”, respectively, include half brother and half sister.