Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

820.   Inadmissible objection

No count shall be deemed objectionable or insufficient on any of the following grounds, that it—

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    (a)     does not set out any document which may be the subject of the charge;

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    (b)     does not specify the means by which the offence was committed;

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    (c)     does not state who is the owner of any property mentioned in it;

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    (d)     does not set out or imperfectly sets out, the addition of any accused or any other person;

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    (e)     designates the person mentioned in it by a name of office or other descriptive appellation instead of his or her proper name;

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    (f)     does not name or describe with precision any person or thing;

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    (g)     charges an intent to defraud without naming or describing the person whom it was intended to defraud;

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    (h)     does not contain the name of the person injured;

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    (i)     omits to state the time at which the offence was committed, or states that it was committed between any 2 days stated, or on or about a day stated, or otherwise;

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    (j)     states the offence to have been committed on a day subsequent to the filing of the indictment or on an impossible day or on a day that never happened;

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    (k)     does not state the value or price of any matter or thing, or the amount of damage, injury or spoil in any case;

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    (l)     does not set out the words used where words used are the subject of the charge;

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    (m)     does not aver any matter unnecessary to be proved.

Inadmissible Objections in certain Special Cases