(1) Whenever security has to be furnished by an immigrant such security shall be —
(a) by way of a deposit with the Accountant General or with an immigration officer for an on behalf of the Accountant General of the appropriate amount of money; or
(b) with the approval of the Minister, by way of a security bond in the appropriate amount of money with one or more sureties, and in a form approved by the Accountant General.
(2) Except in any case specially directed by the Chief Immigration Officer, the appropriate amount under subregulation (1) of this regulation shall be —
(a) the sum of $96, if the immigrant belongs to one of the British West Indian Colonies (other than Jamaica or any of its dependencies or to British Guiana), and the sum of $200 if the immigrant belongs to Jamaica or any of its dependencies or to British Guiana;
(b) the sum of $300 if the immigrant belongs to a place situate in North America, Central America, South America (other than British Guiana), or to any of the islands in the North Atlantic Ocean (other than the British West Indian Colonies);
(c) the sum of $500 if the immigrant belongs to any other place,
and where any question arises as to the place to which an immigrant belongs it shall be referred to the Minister whose decision shall be final.
(3) Where the prescribed security is furnished by way of a deposit of money, the amount of such deposit shall be refunded —
(a) where the conditions on which the permit to which the deposit relates is granted, are duly observed, fulfilled and performed, and the person to whom the permit relates departs from Saint Lucia before the expiration of the period for which the permit is granted; or
(b) where the Minister so directs,
and not otherwise.
(4) The Minister, or the Chief Immigration Officer, may, in any particular case, exempt an immigrant from furnishing the prescribed security under this regulation.
(5) In this regulation the expression “British West Indian Colonies” means Jamaica (including its dependencies), Trinidad and Tobago, the Windward Islands, the Leeward Islands and Barbados.