Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

988.   Verdict on charge of murder or manslaughter

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    (1)   At the trial on indictment of a person charged with murder, he or she may be convicted of manslaughter, if that crime is established by the evidence, and except as otherwise expressly provided in subsection (3), he or she shall not be convicted of any other offence than that with which he or she is charged.

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    (2)   At the trial on indictment of a person charged with manslaughter he or she shall not, except as otherwise expressly provided in subsection (3) be convicted of any other offence.

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    (3)   At the trial on indictment of a person charged with the murder or manslaughter of another person, if upon the evidence it appears that the person alleged to have been killed was a child of which a woman had been delivered, the accused person may be convicted of the offence of causing harm to a living child during the time of its birth, or of the offence of concealing the body of the child, if either of those offences is established by the evidence.