Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

• 1. Short Title

• 2. Interpretation

• 3. Commission and electoral districts

• 4. Appointment of officers and establishment of offices

• 5. Duties and functions of registration and other officers

• 6. Qualification for Voting

• 7. Qualification for registration

• 8. Residence requirements

• 9. Registration and issue of identification cards

• 10. Lost or defaced identification cards

• 11. Issue of composite identification cards

• 12. Verification of register

• 13. Disqualification for registration

• 14. Deletions from register

• 15. Publication of register

• 16. Register of Police electors, correctional facility electors and fire service electors

• 17. The 1979 register

• 18. Omissions in register

• 19. Claims and objections to registration

• 20. Revision of register

• 21. List to be posted at conspicuous places

• 22. Register to remain in force until next revision

• 23. Commission may direct preparation of register

• 24. Effect of register

• 25. Extension of time

• 26. Offences

• 27. Omissions by election officers

• 28. Polling Divisions

• 29. Returning Officers

• 30. Election Clerks

• 30A. Assistant Election Clerks

• 31. Substitute Election Clerks

• 32. Presiding Officers

• 33. Poll Clerks

• 33A. Assistant Poll Clerks

• 34. How oath may be taken

• 35. Disqualification of election officers from nomination

• 36. Issue of Writs

• 37. Notice of time and place for elections

• 38. Returning Officer to obtain lists of electors

• 39. Nomination of candidates

• 40. Disposal of deposit

• 41. Uncontested elections

• 42. Adjournment in contested election to take poll

• 43. Power to adjourn polling day in case of emergency

• 44. Withdrawal of candidature

• 45. Taking of poll

• 46. Establishment of polling stations

• 47. Supplies of election material

• 48. Inspection of polling stations by presiding officer

• 49. Hours of taking the poll

• 50. Ballot boxes

• 51. Electors to vote only in polling division where their names appear

• 52. Elector to vote once in one electoral district

• 53. Police electors to vote in accordance with Schedule 2

• 54. Transfer of election officers' votes

• 55. Where transferred elector to vote

• 56. Proceedings at poll

• 57. Entries to be made by poll clerk

• 58. Admission into polling station

• 59. Mode of taking ballot

• 60. Mode of taking ballot in special cases

• 61. Correction of discrepancies

• 62. Who may be present in polling station

• 62A. Use of mobile phone at polling station

• 63. Proceedings after poll

• 64. Agents

• 65. Final counting of votes

• 66. Provisions applicable where ballot boxes not returned

• 67. Declaration of the poll

• 68. Election return

• 69. Penalty for delay, neglect or refusal of returning officer to return elected candidate

• 70. Election documents to be sent to Clerk of the House

• 71. Custody of ballot boxes

• 72. Intoxicating liquor not to be sold supplied or given on polling day

• 73. Employers to allow employees prescribed period for voting

• 74. Offences by election officers

• 75. Loudspeakers, ensigns, banners etc. prohibited on polling day

• 76. Order at polling stations

• 77. Influencing electors to vote

• 78. Bribery

• 79. Treating

• 80. Undue influence

• 81. Personation

• 82. Penalty for bribery, treating, under influence, personation

• 83. Penalty for certain illegal practices

• 84. Offences in respect of ballot papers

• 85. Secrecy

• 86. Offences re voting by police electors

• 87. Name and address of printer on election publications

• 88. Petition against disputed election

• 89. Presentation of petition and security for costs

• 90. Trial of election petition

• 91. Voter not to disclose how he or she voted

• 92. Non-compliance with rules etc. when not to invalidate election

• 93. Expenses to be paid out of Consolidated Fund

• 94. Statutory Instruments

• 95. Savings

• Schedule 1

• Schedule 2

• Schedule 3

• Schedule 4