Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

12.   Annual subscription

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    (1)   The amount of the annual subscription payable by members other than honorary members of the Bar Association shall, subject to subsection (5), be fixed by the Bar Association and shall be paid to the Bar Association.

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    (2)   The annual subscription is in respect of the period of 12 months commencing on 1 October in each year.

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    (3)   In fixing the annual subscription, the Bar Association may divide the members into classes and provide for different amounts to be paid by different classes of members and for different periods and generally regulate and vary the subscription payable by members or different classes of members as the Bar Association may think fit.

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    (4)   The Bar Association may fix levies payable by practitioner members for any of the purposes of the Bar Association.

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    (5)   The annual subscription payable under subsection (1) and levies payable under subsection (4) shall be as prescribed by regulations in accordance with a resolution of a general meeting of the Bar Association.

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    (6)   The Bar Association shall on or immediately after 1 November in each year, publish in the Gazette and in one newspaper circulating in Saint Lucia, a list of its members who have paid the annual subscription for that year together with a list of members who are exempt from paying annual subscription.

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    (Amended by Act 18 of 2001)