(1) The Attorney General may make a request for assistance to the government of the receiving country in relation to the property if—
(a) a recovery order made by the Court has effect in relation to property; and
(b) the Attorney General or the trustee believes that the property is in a country outside Saint Lucia.
(2) A trustee may send a request for assistance in relation to the property to the Attorney General with a view to it being forwarded under this section to the government of the receiving country.
(3) Where a trustee sends a request for assistance to the Attorney General under this section the Attorney General shall forward the request for assistance from the trustee to the government of the receiving country.
(4) A request for assistance under subsection (1) is a request to the government of the receiving country for assistance in connection with the management and disposal of the property and contains a request to the government of the receiving country—
(a) to secure the detention, custody or preservation of the property;
(b) in the case of money, to secure and ensure that the money is applied in accordance with the law of the receiving country;
(c) in the case of property other than money, to secure that the property is realized and the proceeds are applied in accordance with the law of the receiving country.
(5) A certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the government of the receiving country is admissible as evidence of the facts it states—
(a) that property has been realized in pursuance of a request under this section;
(b) the date of realization; and
(c) the proceeds of realization.
(6) A request for assistance under subsection (1) must be in compliance with the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal and Related Matters Act.
(Inserted by Act 18 of 2023)