Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

2.   Interpretation

In this Act —

“aid and abet” means —

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   (a)     directly or indirectly instigating, commanding, counselling, procuring or soliciting;

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   (b)     in any manner intentionally aiding, facilitating, encouraging or promoting; or

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   (c)     doing any act for the purpose of aiding, facilitating, encouraging or promoting,

the commission of a crime by any other person;

“ammunition” has the same meaning as in the Firearms Act;

“bullet-proof vest” means clothing that is capable of providing protection from the penetration of bullets or similar projectiles;

“facilitation of an offence” does not require knowledge of a particular offence the commission of which is facilitated, nor that an offence is actually committed;

“firearm” has the same meaning as in the Firearms Act;

“gang” means a group, however organised, that —

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   (a)     is composed of three or more persons in or outside of Saint Lucia; and

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   (b)     has as one of its main purposes or main activities the facilitation of a criminal offence or the commission of a criminal offence;

“gang leader” means a gang member who initiates, plans, forms, directs, organises or manages, supervises or finances a gang;

“gang member” means one of the persons who constitutes a gang and includes a person who knowingly —

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   (a)     participates in, aids or abets, or associates with, one or more gang-related activities, whether by an act or omission;

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   (b)     acts as an agent for, or as an accessory to, a gang; or

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   (c)     participates in or associates with a gang;

“gang-related activity” means any activity, whether criminal or not, that would likely result in the direct or indirect receipt, by the gang or by a gang member, of any advantage, including —

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   (a)     increase in the gang's prestige, reputation, influence, dominance, control or the number of persons who constitute the gang;

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   (b)     retribution or revenge for the benefit of, at the direction of or in association with, the gang or a gang member;

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   (c)     obstruction of justice for the benefit of, at the direction of or in association with, the gang or gang member;

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   (d)     a financial benefit; or

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   (e)     enhancing the ability of a gang to facilitate or commit an offence;

“law enforcement officer” includes —

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   (a)     a police officer;

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   (b)     a port police officer;

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   (c)     a customs officer;

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   (d)     a correctional officer;

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   (e)     an officer of the Inland Revenue Department;

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   (f)     a person comprising the Financial Intelligence Authority established under the Money Laundering (Prevention) Act, or its secretariat; and

“minor” means a person under the age of 18 years.