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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

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12. Possession of a controlled drug on or near school premises

(1) Subject to any regulations under section 21, it shall not be lawful for a person to have a controlled drug in his or her possession in or within a radius of one hundred yards of any school premises.

(2) Subject to section 40, it is an offence for a person to have a controlled drug in his or her possession in contravention of subsection (1).

(3) Subject to section 40, it is an offence for a person to have a controlled drug in his or her possession in or within a radius of one hundred yards of any school premises, which is intended, whether by him or her or some other person for supply in contravention of section 6(1).

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), a person found in possession of a controlled drug in contravention of subsection (1) is deemed to have the controlled drug for the purpose of supplying the same to another unless the contrary is proved. The burden of proof is on the accused.

(5) In this section, “school premises” means any nursery school, primary or secondary school, technical institution, training centre, teachers' college, university or any other educational institution for children or young persons and includes buildings, playing fields or other premises established or maintained by such institutions for the benefit of its pupils or students whether or not such buildings, playing fields or other premises are within the curtilage of the institution.

(Inserted by Act 8 of 1993)

12. Possession of a controlled drug on or near school premises

2. Interpretation

3. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

4. Classification of controlled drugs

5. Restriction of importation and exportation of controlled drugs

6. Restriction of production and supply of controlled drugs

7. Handling of controlled drug

9. Restriction of cultivation of cannabis plant

10. Authorisation of activities otherwise unlawful

11. Liability of occupiers

13. Employment, hire or use of children and young persons in drug trade

14. Supply of controlled drug to child or young person

15. Controlled drugs in transit

16. Removal licences

17. Tampering with controlled drugs in transit

18. Diversion of controlled drugs

19. Master of ship may be considered authorised

20. Prohibition of supply etc. of articles for administering or preparing controlled drugs

21. Power to make regulations

22. Special precautions for safe custody of controlled drugs

23. Restrictions on practitioners convicted of certain offences

24. Restrictions on practitioners in other cases

25. Penalties for drug trafficking

26. Assisting another to retain the benefit of drug trafficking

27. Obtaining information from practitioners

28. Miscellaneous offences

29. Attempts to commit offences

30. Commission of offence outside Saint Lucia

31. Offences by corporations

32. Further powers to make regulations

33. Powers to search and obtain evidence

34. Controlled delivery

35. Power to arrest

36. Committal to the High Court for sentence

37. Prosecution and punishment of offences

39. Certificate of analyst admissible in evidence

41. Presumptions of possession and knowledge of controlled drug

42. Presumptions relating to places used for drug misuse

43. Service of documents

44. Licences and authorities

45. General provisions as to regulations

47. Time for proceedings

48. Meaning of “corresponding law”and evidence of certain matters by certificate

49. Amendment of Schedules

8. Restriction of possession of controlled drugs

8A. Exemption from criminal liability

14A. Treatment and programmes for a child or young persons

27A. Restriction on smoking cannabis in a public place