Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

23.   Effect of Produce Huckster's Licence

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    (1)   A Produce Huckster's Licence shall entitle the licensee—

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      (a)     to export licensable produce to Guyana and West Indian Islands other than Bermuda; and

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      (b)     to purchase licensable produce from a licensed seller or licensed dealer for the purposes of such export only.

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    (2)   Any licensed huckster who—

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      (a)     purchases licensable produce otherwise than from a licensed seller or licensed dealer; or

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      (b)     disposes of any licensable produce purchased by him or her otherwise than by export to Guyana or West Indian Islands other than Bermuda,

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    commits an offence against this Act.

However a licensed huckster who is also a licensed pedlar may peddle licensable produce in accordance with the provisions of Part 2.

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    (3)   For the purposes of this section licensable produce shipped to Guyana or West Indian Islands other than Bermuda and reshipped to any port outside such territories shall be presumed to have been exported to such last mentioned port.

The burden of proving that any licensable produce shipped by a licensed huckster to Guyana or any West Indian Island other than Bermuda has not been reshipped with the privity of the huckster to any port outside such territories shall be on the huckster exporting the same.