Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

40K.   Registration of an external order

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    (1)   Where the Court decides to give effect to an external order, it shall—

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      (a)     register the order in the Court;

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      (b)     provide for notice of the registration to be given to a person affected by it; and

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      (c)     appoint the Director of Public Prosecutions as the enforcement authority for the order.

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    (2)   An external order registered by the Court must be implemented under this section.

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    (3)   The Court may cancel the registration of the external order, or vary the order to which it applies, on an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions or a person affected by it.

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    (4)   The Court shall cancel the registration of an external order, on an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions or a person affected by the external order, if it appears to the Court that the order has been satisfied—

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      (a)     in the case of an order for the recovery of a sum of money specified in the external order, by payment of the amount due under the external order;

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      (b)     in the case of an order for the recovery of specified property, by the surrender of the property; or

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      (c)     by any other means.

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    (5)   Where the registration of an external order is cancelled or varied under subsection (3) or (4), the Court shall cause notice of this to be given to the Director of Public Prosecutions and a person affected by the external order.

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    (Inserted by Act 18 of 2023)