Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

PART 9
MISCELLANEOUS

452.   General offences against administration

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    (1)   A person shall not—

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      (a)     fail or refuse without reasonable cause or refuse to do an act which he or she is required to do to facilitate the lawful exercise of the powers or the carrying out of the duties of a labour officer under this Act;

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      (b)     prevent, or attempt to prevent, another person from appearing before a labour officer or from answering any question to which a labour officer may, under this Act, require an answer;

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      (c)     make or prompt a statement which he or she knows to be false, where the statement is made in compliance with a lawful requirement by a labour officer to give information under this Act, or for the purpose of obtaining for himself or herself for another person the issue of any certificate or any other document required under this Act;

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      (d)     intentionally make a false entry in any register or any other document required to be kept and maintained under this Act;

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      (e)     with intent to deceive, forge, counterfeit or use a document which he or she knows to be false and which resembles any document required under this Act; or

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      (f)     falsely pretend to be a labour officer.

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    (2)   A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years.