Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

18.   Punishment of person guilty of misconduct before the Court

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    (1)   A person who is guilty of any misconduct during the hearing or trial of any cause or matter, criminal or civil, may, on a verbal order of the magistrate, be removed, by force if necessary, from a court, and may further be detained, under such verbal order, in the nearest lock-up or place of detention for such time, not later than the rising of the court on the same day, as the magistrate thinks fit.

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    (2)   The person may further, either alone or in addition to such removal or removal and detention, as the case may be, be summarily ordered by the magistrate to pay, either as soon as possible or within a specified time, a fine not exceeding $48, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding 14 days, unless sooner discharged by the magistrate.

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    (3)   The High Court or the judge may, on an application made in a summary manner, order the total or partial remission or the repayment of the fine so inflicted, or the release of such person at once or at any time before the expiration of his or her sentence, if the court or judge is satisfied that no contempt was committed or that the punishment awarded was excessive.