Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

717.   Complaint divisible

Every complaint shall be deemed divisible and if the commission of the offence charged as described in the enactment creating the offence or as charged in the complaint, includes the commission of any other offence, the defendant may be convicted of any offence so included if it is proved, although the whole offence charged is not proved, or he or she may be convicted of an attempt to commit any offence so included.