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2023 Laws not yet authenticated through a Commencement Order

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

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6. Cultivation area

A person may cultivate cannabis—

(a) inside a dwelling-house; or

(b) outside a dwelling-house.

6. Cultivation area

2. Interpretation

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

8. Restriction of possession of controlled drugs

8A. Exemption from criminal liability

9. Restriction of cultivation of cannabis plant

10. Authorisation of activities otherwise unlawful

11. Liability of occupiers

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

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

14. Supply of controlled drug to child or young person

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

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

27A. Restriction on smoking cannabis in a public place

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

PART I CLASS A DRUGS

PART II CLASS B DRUGS

PART III CLASS C DRUGS

PART IV MEANING OF CERTAIN EXPRESSIONS USED IN THIS SCHEDULE

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

Dangerous Drugs (Cocaine, Morphine, etc.) Regulations – Sections 45 and 21 (Statutory Instrument 35/1940)

5. Sale and distribution

6. Conditions as to the giving of prescriptions

7. Official form

8. Conditions as to the dispensing of prescriptions

10. Marking of packages or bottles

12. Annual returns

14. Authorisation to manufacture, etc.

15. Authorisation to supply, etc.

16. Withdrawal of authorisations

17. Delivery to messengers

18. Meaning of “possession”

19. Master of ship may be deemed to be authorised

21. Preparations exempted from the regulations

22. Diversion of drugs in transit

23. Preservation of prescriptions

Dangerous Drugs (Raw Opium and Cocoa Leaves) Regulations – Sections 21 and 45 (Statutory Instrument 36/1940)

2. Interpretation

4. Sale and distribution

7. Annual returns

9. General Authorisations

10. Withdrawal of authorisations

11. Delivery to messengers

12. Meaning of “possession”

13. Diversion in transit

14. Preservation of registers

Dangerous Drugs Order (Statutory Instrument 38/1940)

2. Exclusion of certain Preparations from Part V of the Act

Dangerous Drugs Order (Statutory Instrument 41/1958)

Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) (Cannabis Cultivation) Regulations – Section 10(1)(b) (Statutory Instrument 208/2021)

2. Interpretation

4. Cultivation of cannabis

5. Authorized activities in the cultivation of cannabis

7. Indoor cultivation area

8. Restriction on cultivation near school premises