(1) A person shall not, except under the authority of a licence in the prescribed form granted by the Minister—
(a) remove a controlled drug from the conveyance by which it is brought into Saint Lucia in transit; or
(b) in any way move a controlled drug in Saint Lucia at any time after it is removed from the conveyance by which it was brought into Saint Lucia in transit.
(2) The Minister shall not issue a removal licence unless there is produced to him or her a valid and subsisting export authorisation or diversion certificate relating to the controlled drug in respect of which the removal licence is sought.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply where the drug in respect of which a removal licence is sought comes from a country not a party to a convention.
(4) This section does not apply to controlled drugs in transit by post.
(5) A person who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1) commits an offence under this Act.
(Inserted by Act 8 of 1993)