Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

659.   Application of other procedure provisions to complaints

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    (1)   The provisions of Sub-Part C relating to indictments, shall, so far as they are appropriate, apply to complaints preferred against offenders upon their trial before magistrates, in order to secure their conviction summarily, whether for an indictable offence, or not, if there is no express provision otherwise applicable to such complaint.

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    (2)   The provisions of this Code and any other enactment, regulating any criminal proceedings in cases or matters not summary, shall apply when necessary or if required, to all summary proceedings, where there is no express provisions in this Code or any other enactment applicable to such proceedings, except where it appears from the context that such provisions are not applicable to summary proceedings.