Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

638.   Entering vessel to detect or prevent crime

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    (1)   A police officer who has reasonable cause to suspect that any indictable offence has been or is about to be committed in or on board any vessel, which is in any bay, creek, inlet, or river, or within 12 miles of the shore of this State, may enter at all times, both by night and day, upon such vessel, and may take all necessary measures to prevent or detect any indictable offence which he or she reasonably suspects has been or is about to be committed, and may arrest all persons reasonably suspected to be involved in the commission of the offence, and may take charge of all property reasonably suspected to have been stolen.

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    (2)   A police officer may, upon the request of the person in charge of the vessel, enter upon the vessel, and act, with respect to all cases of summary offences, in the same manner as a police officer might act when he or she enters upon any house or other property at the request of its occupier.