Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

698.   Objection to defect of substance, or form, or variance

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    (1)   No objection shall be taken or allowed, in any proceedings in the Court, to any complaint, summons, warrant or other form of procedure on the ground of any alleged defect in substance or in form, or for any variance between any complaint or summons and the evidence adduced on the part of the complainant at the hearing of the case.

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    (2)   Where at the hearing of the case, it appears to the Court that the defendant has been deceived or misled by any variance or defect, the Court may make any necessary amendments, and if it is expedient so to do, adjourn the further hearing of the case upon such terms as it thinks fit.