Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

597.   Reasons for denying or refusing bail

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    (1)   The magistrate shall, in order to enable the defendant or the police, as the case may be, to make an application respecting bail to the High Court, give reasons for—

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      (a)     withholding bail;

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      (b)     imposing or varying conditions relating to the granting of bail;

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      (c)     granting bail over an objection to bail by the prosecution where the defendant is charged with an offence punishable by a term of imprisonment of 5 years or more.

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    (2)   A magistrate who is by subsection (1) required to give reasons for his or her decision, shall include a note of those reasons in the record of the decision and shall give a copy of that note to the police and the defendant in relation to whom the decision was taken.