Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

2.   Report of official analysis as evidence

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   (1)   Any document purporting to be a report under the hand of the government analytical chemist, government assistant analytical chemist, government pathologist or government bacteriologist, upon any matter or thing duly submitted to him or her for examination or analysis and report, for the purposes of any preliminary inquiry before a magistrate in respect of any indictable offence, or in any proceeding in a summary jurisdiction court, or before a coroner, shall be receivable on that inquiry or proceeding as prima facie evidence of any matter or thing therein contained relating to the examination or analysis.

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   (2)   If, on any enquiry or proceeding aforesaid, any one of those experts is called as a witness to give evidence on the subject matter of his or her report, the magistrate or the coroner may in his or her discretion order the person calling such expert to pay the cost of the expert having been so called.