Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

• 1.   Short title

• 2.   Interpretation

• 3.   Licensing Districts and Constitution of Licensing Boards

• 4.   Authority conferred by the different licences

• 5.   Type of licences

• 6.   Procedure for applying for licence

• 7.   Annual and Quarterly Licensing Sessions

• 8.   Sessions to be advertised

• 9.   Adjournment of Sessions

• 10.   Duration of Certificate

• 11.   Procedure where applicant holds licence in respect of premises sought to be licensed

• 12.   Procedure where applicant not licence holder

• 13.   Stamp duty on applications

• 14.   Grant of certificate and its form

• 15.   Board to take evidence on oath

• 16.   Grounds for refusal of application

• 17.   Appeals

• 18.   Accountant General to grant icences

• 19.   List of licences to be published

• 20.   Minister to authorise issue of hotel licences

• 21.   Application for occasional licence

• 22.   Application and mode of transfer of a licence

• 23.   Death or insolvency of licensee

• 24.   Mode of transfer of licence to other premises

• 25.   Transferee of licence to apply for new certificate on expiration of licence

• 26.   Stamp duty on applications for transfer

• 27.   Sign Board to be affixed on licensed premises

• 28.   Disposal without licence

• 29.   Strength of spirits

• 30.   Closing hours

• 31.   Exemptions from closing hours in cases of emergency

• 32.   Penalty for refusal to close licensed premises in cases of riot

• 33.   Contravention of provisions as to closing hours

• 34.   Penalty on persons found on licensed premises during closing hours

• 35.   Power to apprehend person giving false name or address

• 36.   Penalty for misrepresentation as resident of hotel

• 37.   No disposal of liquor to persons apparently under 16 years

• 38.   No internal communication with licensed premises

• 39.   Power of entry on licensed premises

• 40.   Obstructing entry

• 41.   Custody of things seized

• 42.   Release of seizure on bond

• 43.   Objections to seizures

• 44.   Accountant General to take legal proceedings

• 45.   Sale of seizures by auction

• 46.   Spirits supplied by one licensee to another to be by permit

• 47.   Prohibition of sale of spirits on board vessel or in bond except by licence

• 48.   Stock Book to be kept by licensee

• 49.   Penalty for bribes

• 50.   Register of licences

• 51.   Record of convictions on Register

• 52.   Summary proceedings

• 53.   Onus of proof

• 54.   Penalty where none specially provided

• 55.   Appropriation of property forfeited and of penalties recovered

• 56.   Evidence of disposal or consumption of liquor

• 57.   Evidence of precise description of liquor not necessary

• 58.   Proof of authority of officer or other person

• 59.   Proof of knowledge not necessary

• 60.   Convictions for several offences on the same day

• 61.   Liability of licence holder for offences committed by other

• 62.   Cancellation of licence

• 63.   Provisions where licence-holder incurs a penalty and is without the State

• 64.   Penalty for permitting gambling, drunkenness etc. on premises

• 65.   Penalty for drunken quarrelsome or disorderly behaviour on licensed premises

• 66.   No liability on forfeiture of things seized

• 67.   Limitation of proceedings

• 68.   Tender of amends

• 69.   Limitation of liability

• 70.   Penalty for giving false evidence

• 71.   Cabinet to make regulations

• Schedule 1

• Schedule 2

• Schedule 3

• Schedule 4

• Schedule 5

• Schedule 6

• Schedule 7

• Schedule 8