(1) This section applies where a request is transmitted requesting assistance by Saint Lucia in obtaining, by search and seizure if necessary, an article or thing in Saint Lucia for the purposes of, or in connection with, any criminal matter in relation to the Commonwealth country making the request, and the request is accepted.
(2) Where this section applies, the Attorney General shall, unless the article or thing concerned is otherwise lawfully obtained, authorise in writing a police officer to apply to a magistrate for a search warrant in respect of the article or thing.
(3) A police officer authorised under subsection (2) may apply for the issue of a search warrant to a magistrate having jurisdiction in the area where the article or thing is believed to be located.
(4) The laws of Saint Lucia apply, so far as they are capable of applying, to an application under subsection (3) and to the execution of any warrant issued under any such application with respect to the procedure for—
(a) the making and disposal of an application for a search warrant; and
(b) the execution of a search warrant.
(5) The central authority for Saint Lucia shall provide such certification as may be required by the central authority for the Commonwealth country making the request concerning the result of any search, the place and circumstances of any seizure, the subsequent custody of any property seized.
(6) Where this section applies, the Attorney General may give authority in writing to enable any article or the thing obtained under a request to be removed to the Commonwealth country that made the request.