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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 28.   Polling Divisions

• 17.   The 1979 register

• 37.   Notice of time and place for elections

• 66.   Provisions applicable where ballot boxes not returned

• Schedule 4