Section Creating Offence | General Nature of Offence | Punishment |
Mode of Prosecution | Class A Drug involved | Class B Drug involved | Class C Drug involved | General |
Section 5(3) | Importation or exportation of a controlled drug | (a) Summary | 3 years or $100,000 | 3 years or $100,000 | 2 years or $75,000 | |
(b) On indictment | 14 years and $200,000 | 14 years and $200,000 | 14 years and $200,000 | |
Section 6(2) | Production or being concerned in the production of a controlled drug | (a) Summary | 3 years or $100,000 | 3 years or $100,000 | 2 years or $75,000 | |
(b) On indictment | 14 years and $200,000 | 14 years and $200,000 | 14 years and $200,000 | |
Section 6(3) | Supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug or being concerned in the doing of either activity by another | (a) Summary | 3 years or $100,000 | 3 years or $100,000 | 2 years or $75,000 | |
(b) On indictment | 14 years and $200,000 | 14 years and $200,000 | 10 years and $200,000 | |
Section 8(2) | Having possession of a controlled drug | (a) Summary | 3 years or $100,000 | 3 years or $100,000 | 2 years or $75,000 | |
(b) On indictment | 7 years or $200,000 | 7 years or $200,000 | 5 years or $100,000 | |
Section 8(3) | Having possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply it to another | (a) Summary | 3 years and/or $100,000 | 3 years and/or $100,000 | 2 years and/or $75,000 | |
(b) On indictment | 14 years and/or $200,000 | 14 years and/or $200,000 | 10 years and/or $200,000 | |
Section 9(2) | Cultivation of Cannabis plant | (a) Summary | | | | 3 years and/or $100,000 |
(b) On indictment | | | | 14 years and/or $200,000 |
Section 13 | Being the occupier or concerned in the management of premises and permitting or suffering certain activities to take place there | (a) Summary | 3 years and/or $100,000 | 3 years and/or $100,000 | 2 years and/$75,000 | |
(b) On indictment | 14 years and/or $200,000 | 14 years and/or $200,000 | 10 years and/or $200,000 | |
Section 19 | Offences relating to opium | (a) Summary | | | | 2 years and $75,000 |
(b) On indictment | | | | 14 years and $200,000 |
Section 22(2) | Contravention of directions relating to safe custody of controlled drugs | (a) Summary | | | | 3 years and/or $100,000 |
(b) On indictment | | | | 10 years and/or $200,000 |
Section 23(6) | Contravention of direction prohibiting practitioner, etc., from possessing, supplying, etc. controlled drugs | (a) Summary | 3 years and/or $100,000 | 3 years and/or $100,000 | 2 years and/or $75,000 | |
(b) On indictment | 14 years and/$200,000 | 14 years and/$200,000 | 10 years and/$200,000 | |
Section 24(3) | Contravention of direction prohibiting practitioner, etc., from prescribing, supplying, etc. controlled drugs | (a) Summary | 3 years and/or $100,000 | 3 years and/or $100,000 | 2 years and/or $75,000 | |
(b) On indictment | 14 years and/or $200,000 | 14 years and/or $200,000 | 10 years and/or $200,000 | |
Section 27(3) | Failure to comply with notice requiring information relating to prescribing, supplying, etc. of drugs | Summary | | | | $75,000 |
Section 27(4) | Giving false information in purported compliance with notice requiring information relating to prescribing, supplying, etc. of drugs | (a) Summary | | | | 3 years and/or $100,000 |
(b) On indictment | | | | 10 years and/or $200,000 |
Section 28(1) | Contravention of regulations (other than regulations relating to addicts) | (a) Summary | | | | 3 years and/or $100,000 |
(b) On indictment | | | | 10 years and/or $200,000 |
Section 28(2) | Contravention of terms of licence or authority | (a) Summary | | | | 3 years and/or $100,000 |
(b) On indictment | | | | 10 years and/or $200,000 |
Section 28(3) | Giving false information on purported compliance with obligation to give information imposed under or by virtue of regulations | (a) Summary | | | | 3 years and/or $100,000 |
(b) On indictment | | | | 10 years and/or $200,000 |
Section 28(4) | Giving false information or producing document etc., containing false statement, etc., for poses of obtaining issue or renewal of a licence or other authority | (a) Summary | | | | 3 years and or $100,000 |
(b) On indictment | | | | 10 years and/ or $200,000 |
Section 30 | Assisting in or inducing commission outside Saint Lucia of an offence punishable under a corresponding law | (a) Summary | | | | 3 years and/ or $100,000 |
(b) On indictment | | | | 14 years and/ or $200,000 |
Section 33(5) | Obstructing exercise of powers of search etc., failing to stop, preventing the person in charge from stopping, leaving a stopped vehicle, etc., or concealing books, drugs, etc. | (a) Summary | 3 years and/ or $100,000 | | | |
(b) On indictment | | | | 14 years and/ or $200,000 |