Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Saint Lucia) Act (Acts 17 of 1969, 32 of 1972, 4 of 1975 and 25 of 2000)
Act 17 of 1969.. in force 10 January 1970 (S.I. 3/1970)
Amended by Act 32 of 1972 .. in force 9 November 1972
Amended by Act 4 of 1975 .. in force 3 March 1975
Amended by Act 25 of 2000 .. in force 25 November 2000
Statutory Instruments Made Under the Supreme Court Order
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PRELIMINARY
| 1. | Short title |
| 2. | Interpretation |
| 3. | Reference to former Courts |
| 4. | How Supreme Court judges are to be addressed |
| 5. | Constitution of Court of Appeal and High Court |
PART 1
THE HIGH COURT
Jurisdiction and Law
| 6. | Jurisdiction of former Supreme Court vested in High Court |
| 7. | Jurisdiction of High Court |
| 8. | Jurisdiction of High Court in Admiralty |
| 9. | Practice of High Court in Bankruptcy. |
| 10. | Practice of High Court in Criminal proceedings |
| 11. | Practice of High Court in Civil proceedings and in probate causes |
| 12. | Power of High Court to review proceedings of magistrate |
| 13. | Jurisdiction of single judge and masters |
| 14. | Counterclaim and third parties |
| 15. | Defence or stay instead of injunction or prohibition |
| 16. | Injunction and appointment of receivers |
| 17. | Extent of remedies |
| 18. | Execution of instruments by order of court |
| 19. | Rules of Court |
| 20. | Procedure in cases not provided for |
| 21. | Restrictions on institution of vexatious actions |
Administration of Estates
| 22. | Application for direction of High Court |
PART 2
THE COURT OF APPEAL
Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal
| 23. | Jurisdiction vested in Court of Appeal |
| 24. | Practice and procedure in the Court of Appeal |
| 25. | Appeals from magistrate's courts |
| 26. | Appeals from High Court in civil matters |
| 27. | Powers of judge of High Court |
| 28. | Powers of Court of Appeal on hearing an appeal |
| 29. | Supplementary powers of Court of Appeal |
| 30. | Power of Court of Appeal as to new trials |
| 31. | Wrong rulings as to sufficiency of stamps |
Admiralty Appeals from High Court
| 32. | Appeals from High Court in its Admiralty Jurisdiction |
Criminal Appeals from High Court
| 33. | Criminal Appeals from High Court |
| 34. | Right of appeal in criminal cases |
| 35. | Determination of appeals in certain cases |
| 36. | Powers of Court of Appeal in special cases |
| 37. | Supplementary provisions where appeal against special verdict allowed |
| 38. | Re-vesting and restitution of property on conviction |
| 39. | Supplementary powers of Court of Appeal |
| 40. | Duty to admit fresh evidence |
| 41. | Admission of appellant to bail and custody when attending court |
| 42. | Computation of sentence |
| 43. | Time for appealing |
| 44. | Stay of execution |
| 45. | Judge's notes and report to be furnished on appeal |
| 46. | Legal assistance to appellant |
| 47. | Right of appellant to be present |
| 48. | Costs of appeal |
| 49. | Duties of Registrar with respect to notices of appeals, etc |
| 50. | Shorthand notes, etc |
| 51. | Powers which may be exercised by a judge of the Court of Appeal |
| 52. | Case stated or question of law reserved |
| 53. | Provisions of this Act applicable to proceedings under section 52 |
| 54. | Prerogative of mercy |
| 55. | Criminal information |
Appeals in Contempt Proceedings
| 56. | Appeals from order in contempt proceedings |
PART 3
OFFICERS OF THE COURT
| 57. | Existing officers of the Court |
| 58. | Chief Registrar |
| 59. | Registrar |
| 60. | Appeals from Chief Registrar and Registrar |
| 61. | Discharge of duties of Registrar in certain cases |
| 62. | Taxation of costs |
| 63. | Hours of business |
| 64. | Clerks |
| 65. | Bailiffs |
| 66. | Service or execution |
| 67. | General rule as to service of process |
| 68. | Keeping of registers of process |
| 69. | Periods allowed to the sheriff for execution of process |
| 70. | Payment of moneys into and out of court |
| 71. | Payment from the Treasury of damages awarded against the sheriff |
| 72. | Right of the sheriff to take opinion of the Attorney General for his or her guidance |
| 73. | Chief Registrar etc. not to advise litigants |
| 74. | Misconduct of officers of court |
Administrator General
| 75. | Commission of Administrator General |
| 76. | Administration of bankrupts estates |
| 77. | Administration of renounced and other successions |
| 78. | Power of Governor General to order equitable distribution of estate of persons who have died intestate out of the State |
| 79. | Administration of estates of absentees |
| 80. | Administration of estates of persons of unsound mind |
| 81. | Accounts to be kept |
| 82. | Audit of accounts |
| 83. | Abstract of accounts to be furnished to Governor General and published |
Commissioners of the Supreme Court
| 84. | Appointment and powers of Commissioners of the Supreme Court |
| 85. | Ex officio Commissioners |
| 86. | Enforcement of order to be executed before a commissioner |
| 87. | Incidental powers of commissioner Effect of affidavit |
| 88. | Control of commissioners and their proceedings |
| 89. | Certain commissioners out of the state |
PART 4
WITNESSES
| 90. | Disobedience of subpoena |
| 91. | Witness expenses in criminal proceedings |
| 92. | Persons present at proceedings in Court may be ordered to give evidence |
PART 5
MISCELLANEOUS
| 93. | Sittings of the Courts |
| 94. | Interlocutory applications |
| 95. | Expenses in criminal proceedings |
| 96. | Remission or reduction of fines |
| 97. | Remedy of person improperly deprived of priority in registration of title |
| 98. | Saving of procedure and rules of court |
AN ACT to confer jurisdiction upon the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and for connected matters.
Commencement [10 January 1970]