Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

609.   Bail after committal for trial

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    (1)   Where an accused person who is entitled to be admitted to bail, or to whom the magistrate has power to grant bail, and who in his or her opinion, ought to be bailed, is committed to the correctional facility only because he or she does not, at the time of his or her committal for trial, procure sufficient sureties to take his or her bail, the magistrate shall certify on the back of the warrant of commitment or on a separate paper his or her consent to the accused being bailed, and shall state the amount of bail which ought to be required.

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    (2)   A magistrate attending or being at the correctional facility where the accused person is confined shall, upon the production of such certificate, admit him or her to bail accordingly, and shall order him or her to be discharged by a warrant of deliverance.

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    (3)   The magistrate holding the preliminary inquiry shall, if required, at any time before the trial, by or on behalf of the accused, make and sign one or more duplicate copies of the certificate.

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    (4)   Upon the production of any such duplicate to any justice of the peace, he or she may take the recognizance of one or more sureties which he or she shall transmit to the magistrate of the district in which the accused was committed.

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    (5)   When the recognizances of all the sureties required have been received, the committing magistrate shall issue his or her warrant of deliverance to the correctional officer, requiring him or her to take the recognizance of the accused and to discharge him or her, unless he or she is detained for some other cause.