Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

670.   Implication of statement that act is done contrary to an enactment

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    (1)   The statement that an act was done contrary to an enactment shall imply—

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      (a)     that the enactment applied to the circumstances existing at the time and place of the offence;

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      (b)     that the defendant was a person bound to observe the enactment;

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      (c)     that any necessary procedure had been duly gone through; and

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      (d)     that all the circumstances necessary to a contravention existed.

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    (Amended by Act 11 of 2008)

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    (2)   Such statement shall also imply that the enactment was duly made, confirmed, published and generally made effectual according to the law applicable to the enactment, and that the enactment was in force at the time and place in question.