Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

601.   General provisions relating to bail

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    (1)   A person granted bail shall surrender to custody.

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    (2)   A defendant may be required to give security for his or her surrender to custody or the security may be given on his or her behalf if it appears that he or she is unlikely to remain in Saint Lucia until the time appointed for him or her to surrender to custody.

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    (3)   A Court may require the person applying for bail to—

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      (a)     provide as a condition for bail before his or her release, a surety to secure his or her surrender to custody;

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      (b)     surrender his or her passport to the Court;

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      (c)     inform the Court if he or she intends to leave the jurisdiction;

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      (d)     report to any police station at specified times;

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      (e)     remain within any specified area or district of Saint Lucia.

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    (4)   A defendant may be ordered by a Court to comply with any requirement that in the opinion of the Court is necessary to secure that the defendant—

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      (a)     surrenders to custody;

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      (b)     does not commit an offence while on bail;

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      (c)     does not interfere with witnesses or otherwise obstruct the course of justice whether in relation to himself or herself or any other person; or

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      (d)     makes himself or herself available for the purpose of enabling inquiries or a report of any medical examination to be made to assist the Court in dealing with him or her for the offence.

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    (5)   If a parent or guardian of a child or young person consents to be a surety for the child or young person for the purposes of this subsection, the parent or guardian may be required to ensure that the child or young person complies with any requirement imposed on him or her by virtue of subsection (4), but—

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      (a)     no requirement shall be imposed on the parent or the guardian of a young person by virtue of this subsection where it appears that the young person will attain the age of 18 before the time to be appointed for him or her to surrender to custody; and

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      (b)     the parent or guardian shall not be required to secure compliance with any requirement to which his or her consent does not extend and shall not, in respect of those requirements to which his or her consent does not extend, be bound in a sum greater than $500.

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    (6)   Where a Court has granted bail in criminal proceedings, it may on application—

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      (a)     by or on behalf of the person to whom it was granted; or

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      (b)     by the prosecutor or a police officer,

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    vary the conditions of bail or impose conditions in respect of bail that it has granted unconditionally.