Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

83.   Unlawful command to kill. Special provision as to aiding and abetting

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    (1)   The general provisions of Part 4 of Chapter 1 of this Code relating to aiding and abetting shall apply for the purposes of this Sub-Part subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section.

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    (2)   Where a person commands the killing of another person, knowing that the killing will be unlawful, then, although the offence of the person so commanded maybe reduced to manslaughter, or to an attempt to commit manslaughter, if he or she believed that he or she was under a legal duty to obey the command, the person giving the command commits the same offence as if the person commanded had not believed himself or herself to be under a legal duty to obey the command.