(1) A controlled drug shall not be brought into Saint Lucia in transit unless—
(a) in the course of transit from a country from which it may lawfully be exported to another country into which it may lawfully be imported; and
(b) except where it comes from a country not a party to a Convention, and it is accompanied by a valid and subsisting export authorisation or diversion certificate, as the case may be.
(2) Where a controlled drug in transit is accompanied by an export authorisation or diversion certificate and the Comptroller has reasonable grounds for believing that the authorisation or certificate is false or has been obtained by fraud or wilful misrepresentation of a material particular, he or she may seize that drug and detain it until he or she is satisfied that the authorisation or certificate is valid or has not been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation of a material particular.
(3) Where a controlled drug in transit is not accompanied by an export authorisation or diversion certificate because it comes from a country not a party to a Convention, and the Comptroller has reasonable grounds for believing that drug is being conveyed in an unlawful manner or for an unlawful purpose or is in the course of transit for the purpose of being imported into another country contrary to the laws of that country, he or she may seize and detain that drug.
(4) Where a controlled drug brought into Saint Lucia in transit is landed or trans-shipped in Saint Lucia, it shall remain under the control of the Comptroller and shall be moved only under the authority and in accordance with the conditions of a removal licence.
(5) This section does not apply to a controlled drug in transit by post or in transit by air if the aircraft passes over Saint Lucia without landing or to such quantities of controlled drugs as may in good faith reasonably form part of the medical stores of any ship or aircraft.
(6) A person who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1) commits an offence under this Act.
(Inserted by Act 8 of 1993)