Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

687.   Power to amend a charge

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    (1)   A Court may alter or add to any charge at any time before its decision is pronounced.

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    (2)   Every such alteration or addition shall be read and explained to the accused.

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    (3)   It shall be competent to correct at any time any error in the minutes of procedure or in the extract of any sentence or order, and any such correction shall be sufficiently authenticated by the initials of the proper officer of the Court.

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