Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

684.   Bringing up arrested witness

If the hearing of the case for which his or her evidence is required is fixed for a time which is more than 72 hours after the arrest, a witness arrested under a warrant, except for disobedience to a summons issued under section 682, shall be taken before a magistrate, and the magistrate may on his or her furnishing security by recognizance, to the satisfaction of the magistrate, for his or her appearance at the hearing, order him or her to be released from custody, or shall, on his or her failing to furnish such security, order him or her to be detained to appear at the hearing.