Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

8.   Jurisdiction of service courts

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    (1)   Subject to this Act, the service authorities and service courts of another Member State may exercise within Saint Lucia in relation to military members of that force and their dependants, all the criminal and disciplinary jurisdiction that is conferred upon them by the law of that other Member State.

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    (2)   With respect to the alleged commission by a military member of an offence respecting—

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      (a)     the property or security of that member's State;

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      (b)     the person or property of another member of the State referred to in paragraph (a) or a dependant; or

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      (c)     an act done in the performance of official duty,

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    the service courts of that member's State have the primary right to exercise jurisdiction.