Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

9.   Requirement for charge and appearance or release

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    (1)   Where a person is arrested for an offence pursuant to this Act, that person shall, as soon as is practicable and in any event before the expiry of 72 hours after the arrest, be charged and brought before a court, or be discharged.

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    (2)   Where a person from whom agricultural produce or a vehicle or other conveyance is seized pursuant to this Act—

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      (a)     is not charged or brought before a court; or

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      (b)     is discharged,

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    in accordance with subsection (1), the agricultural produce or vehicle or other conveyance seized shall be returned to that person within the period referred to in subsection (1).