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632.   Seizure of goods suspected liable to forfeiture

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

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632.   Seizure of goods suspected liable to forfeiture

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    (1)   A police officer shall stop and take possession of all goods subject or liable, or reasonably suspected to be subject or liable to forfeiture, under any enactment relating to customs or excise, or goods smuggled, or reasonably suspected to be smuggled, and shall deliver them to any revenue officer, or if any such goods are reasonably suspected to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained, the police officer may convey them to a police station.

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    (2)   The police officer shall in every such case seize and detain any vessel, package, cart, animal or other thing whatsoever, in which the goods are contained or by which they are carried or conveyed and arrest the person from whom they are taken.

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    (3)   Where goods are detained under subsection (2) the police officer shall give notice to the Comptroller of Customs or the Commissioner of Police of the goods so detained, together with the particulars of the goods.

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    (4)   Immediately after the trial of the offender, all such goods shall be placed under the custody of the Comptroller of Customs for any proceedings to be taken as may be deemed expedient.

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    (5)   A police officer who neglects to convey such goods, or to give such notice shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding $500 and in default of payment to imprisonment for 2 months.

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