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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

53.4   Committal order or sequestration order against officer of body corporate

Subject to rule 53.5, the court may not make a committal order or a sequestration order against an officer of a body corporate unless —

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    (a)     a copy of the order requiring the judgment debtor to do an act within a specified time or not to do an act has been served personally on the officer against whom the order is sought;

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    (b)     at the time the order was served it was endorsed with a notice in the following terms —

“NOTICE: If [name of body corporate] fails to comply with the terms of this order proceedings may be commenced for contempt of court and you [name of officer] may be liable to be imprisoned or to have an order of sequestration made in respect of your property.”; and

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    (c)     if the order required the judgment debtor to do an act within a specified time or by a specified date, it was served in sufficient time to give the judgment debtor a reasonable opportunity to do the act before the expiration of that time or before that date.