Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

44.   Accounting of Clerk

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    (1)   The accounts of the clerk shall at all times be fully written up, and shall be examined once at least in every week by the magistrate, and if, after such examination, they are found correct, they shall be certified by the magistrate; and the said accounts shall be audited every month.

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    (2)   Any person interested shall, on obtaining an order for that purpose from the magistrate, have access at all reasonable times to the books in which the said accounts are kept.

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    (3)   The clerk shall, on the first day of every month or within 7 days thereafter, pay into the Treasury the amount of all fees, fines, penalties, and other public moneys which he or she may have received during the preceding month.