Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

197.   Stealing by employee

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    (1)   Subject to subsection (2), any person who steals anything of which he or she has the custody, control or possession, or to which he or she has the means of access, by reason of any office, employment, or service is liable, on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 7 years, or on summary conviction to imprisonment for 2 years.

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    (2)   If because of a previous conviction, either summarily or on indictment, for a similar offence, or for any other cause the magistrate is of opinion that a summary charge under this section ought to be tried as an indictable offence, he or she may deal with it as such.