(1) Subject to any other provision of this Code or to any other enactment in force in Saint Lucia to the contrary a complaint need not be made on oath.
(2) Where a magistrate is to issue a warrant in the first instance to arrest a defendant, the complaint shall be made on oath of the complainant, or of a witness on his or her behalf, before the magistrate issues the warrant.
(Amended by Act 11 of 2008)