Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

10.   Powers of examination

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   (1)   A police officer not below the rank of sergeant or any other officer or class of officers authorised in writing by the Governor General in that behalf, may, for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of this Act, without warrant or other legal process—

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      (a)     enter and search any place where he or she has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence under this Act has been, or is about to be, committed;

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      (b)     search any person whom he or she has reasonable grounds for suspecting to have committed, or to be about to commit, an offence under this Act;

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      (c)     arrest any person whom he or she has reasonable grounds for suspecting to have committed, or to be about to commit, an offence under this Act;

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      (d)     seize any radio-active mineral or prospecting or mining apparatus connected therewith which he or she has reasonable grounds to suspect to be, or to be about to be, derived from, or employed in, the commission of any offence under this Act.

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   (2)   Where any person is arrested, or any radio-active mineral or prospecting or mining apparatus is seized, under the provisions of subsection (1), such person, mineral and apparatus shall, as soon as practicable, be brought before the magistrate of the district.

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   (3)   A person who obstructs, or attempts to obstruct, whether actively or passively, any officer in the execution, or purported execution, of his or her duties under this section, is liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment with hard labour for 6 months or to a fine of $500 or to both such imprisonment and fine.