Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

8.   Detention in Asylum at leper's request

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   (1)   The Medical Superintendent of a leper asylum may on the written application of a leper admit him or her into the Asylum under his or her charge, and such admission may be on such terms and conditions, if any, as to payment for maintenance and in other respects as to the Governor General may seem fit. The application shall be in the following form or to the like effect—

   “To the Medical Superintendent of the leper asylum ........................................... ...... at

   I ............................................ of ....................... do this ............... day of ...................... 20 ........, hereby request you to cause me to be admitted into the leper asylum at ................................... and I undertake to remain therein for the period of ........................... at least, unless sooner duly discharged, and to conform to the rules of the said Asylum and to any conditions which may be prescribed by authority of the Governor General.”

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   Applicant.

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   Witness.

   (Medical Officer or J.P.)

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   (2)   The applicant's signature to the application shall be attested by a medical officer or justice of the peace, who shall not attest the signature unless he or she is satisfied that the applicant is a leper and understands the effect of the application.

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   (3)   The applicant after his or her reception into the Asylum, unless discharged by order of the Governor General, shall not be entitled to leave the Asylum until the expiration of the term mentioned in his or her application and he or she may be detained therein till the expiration of such term; and in case of his or her escape he or she may be dealt with under section 12 of this Act as if a warrant had been issued against him or her.