Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

34.   Inmate insane at expiration of sentence

Where the term of imprisonment to which a person confined in a mental hospital for inmates is liable, expires while such person is in custody in such hospital, then unless the medical officer of the hospital by writing under his or her hand certifies that such person may safely be allowed to be at large, such person may at the expiration of his or her term of imprisonment be deemed to be a pauper patient and any magistrate may order that such person be detained in the mental hospital as a pauper patient.