2023 Laws not yet authenticated through a Commencement Order

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

4.   Evidence not to be stated

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    (1)   Evidence shall not be stated in the petition, but the Court or judge may, on summons, order such particulars as may be necessary to prevent surprise and unnecessary expense, and to ensure a fair and effectual trial in the same way as in ordinary proceedings in the Court, and upon such terms as to costs and otherwise as may be ordered.

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    (2)   In any case in which the Court or a judge orders that particulars of any allegation made in a petition be delivered to the respondent, it or he or she may fix the time within which such particulars shall be delivered and may also order that the petitioner at the trial of the petition may be precluded from going into any case in respect of which such particulars have not been duly delivered, unless it is otherwise ordered.