Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

12.   Power to inspect licences and search plantation of produce seller

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    (1)   The Director of Finance and Planning or any person authorised by him or her or by any magistrate, any police officer, a produce inspector or any rural constable may—

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      (a)     call for and inspect the licence of any licensed seller;

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      (b)     take a copy of any entry in such licence;

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      (c)     enter and examine the plantation or land of a licensed seller;

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      (d)     examine and weigh any licensable produce in the possession of a licensed seller.

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    (2)   A licensed seller commits an offence who—

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      (a)     fails or neglects to produce such licence;

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      (b)     refuses to allow a copy of any entry in any such licence to be taken;

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      (c)     obstructs or resists the taking of such copy;

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      (d)     obstructs or resists the entry and examination of such plantation or land; or

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      (e)     fails or neglects to give and provide such assistance as may be necessary for the purpose of examining and weighing such licensable produce.