Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

21.   Conditions of statutory lease

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   (1)   A lessee who, under the provisions of this Act, retains possession of any premises shall, so long as he or she retains possession, observe and be entitled to the benefit of all the terms and conditions of the original lease, so far as the same are consistent with the provisions of this Act, and is entitled to give up possession of the premises only on giving such notice as would have been required under the original lease; However, despite anything in the lease, a lessor who obtains an order for the recovery of possession of premises or for the ejectment of a lessee retaining possession as aforesaid is not required to give any notice to quit to the lessee.

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   (2)   Any lessee retaining possession as aforesaid shall not, as a condition of giving up possession, ask to receive the payment of any sum, or the giving of any other consideration, by any person other than the lessor, and any person acting in contravention of this subsection commits an offence against this Act, and the Court by which he or she was convicted may order any such payment or the value or any such consideration to be paid to the person by whom the same was given but any such order shall be in lieu of any other method of recovery prescribed by this Act.

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   (3)   Where the interest of a lessee of a dwelling-house is determined, either as the result of an order for possession or ejectment, or for any other reason, any sub-lessee to whom the premises or any part thereof have been sublet either with the consent of the lessor or in accordance with express authority conferred by or under the tenancy agreement or lease shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be considered to become the lessee of the lessor on the same terms as he or she would have held from the lessee if the tenancy had continued.