Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

17.   Powers of Arrest

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    (1)   A police officer, an officer or servant of the Trust may arrest without warrant a person who within his or her view commits an offence or whom with reasonable cause he or she suspects to have committed an offence against the bye-laws made under this Act, if—

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      (a)     the police officer or officer or servant with reasonable cause believes that that person will abscond unless arrested; or

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      (b)     the name and address of that person are unknown to, and cannot be ascertained by the police officer or officer or servant; or

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      (c)     the police officer or other officer or servant designated in writing by the Trust is not satisfied that a name and address furnished by that person as his or her name and address are true.

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    (2)   The power expressed in this section shall not prejudice any power conferred by any other law apart from this section.