Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

228.   Search for stolen goods

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    (1)   If it is made to appear by information on oath before a magistrate that there is reasonable cause to believe that any person has in his or her custody or possession or on his or her premises any stolen goods, the magistrate may grant a warrant to search for and seize the stolen goods; but no warrant to search for stolen goods shall be addressed to a person other than a police officer except under the authority of an enactment expressly so providing.

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    (2)   Where a person is authorised under subsection (1) to search any premises for stolen goods, he or she may enter and search the premises accordingly, and may seize any goods he or she believes to be stolen goods.