(1) A person who throws down, drops or otherwise deposits or causes to deposit any litter in or on any public place contrary to the provisions of this Act commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding $2,500 or in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 month. (Substituted by Act 10 of 2007)
(2) A person who purposely aids, instigates or encourages another person to contravene this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 or in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 month. (Substituted by Act 10 of 2007)
(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), a person who, having been convicted of an offence under this section, is again convicted of an offence under this section shall on each subsequent conviction be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000 or in default of payment to imprisonment for 2 months. (Substituted by Act 10 of 2007)
(4) (a) Without prejudice to any proceedings for an offence committed under any other enactment, where litter is left or caused to be kept in or on any premises, an authorized officer may give notice in writing to the person so leaving or causing any litter to be so left or to the owner or occupier of such premises requiring him or her —
(i) immediately, in the case of dead animals, carrion or other litter considered to be dangerous or offensive to health;
(ii) within such time as may be stipulated in the notice not being less than 3 days;
to remove the litter so as to restore the premises to a satisfactory condition.
(b) A notice under this section may be served on a person either personally or may be sent by post to his or her last known business or private address or may be posted up in some conspicuous place on the premises on which the litter has been left.
(c) A notice sent by post is deemed to have been served, in the case of persons resident in Saint Lucia not later than the fifth day succeeding the day it was posted, and in the case of persons not so resident, not later than the fifteenth day succeeding the day on which the notice was posted and in proving such service it is sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notice was properly addressed and posted.
(d) A person who fails to comply with the requirements of a notice pursuant to subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000. (Substituted by Act 10 of 2007)
(e) The authorised officer may enter the premises and remove the litter so left or caused to be left and may recover summarily as a civil debt the expenses reasonably incurred in so doing from the person who has failed to comply with the notice.