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639.   Search of vessel or conveyance for goods suspected to be liable to forfeiture, or smuggled

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

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639.   Search of vessel or conveyance for goods suspected to be liable to forfeiture, or smuggled

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    (1)   A police officer, or any person acting with him or her and in his or her aid or assistance, may, upon reasonable suspicion that goods contained therein are liable to forfeiture or are smuggled, stop and search—

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      (a)     a vessel within 20 miles of the shore of this State; and also

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      (b)     a cart, carriage, or other conveyance,

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    with the object of ascertaining whether the vessel, cart, or carriage or other conveyance contains or carries any goods subject or liable to forfeiture, or which are smuggled.

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    (2)   A person in charge of any such vessel, cart, or carriage, or other conveyance who refuses to stop when required to do so by a police officer or such other person authorised in that behalf, shall on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding $1,000, and, in default of payment, to imprisonment for one year.

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    (3)   Where no such goods are found, the police officer or such other person who has so stopped and searched such vessel, cart, or carriage, or other conveyance, whether on sea or land, shall not on that account be liable to any prosecution or legal action.

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