Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

2.   Interpretation

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   (1)   In this Act —

“Apostille Certificate” means a certificate issued under the Convention in relation to a public document or a foreign public document; (Inserted by Act 22 of 2011)

“Convention” means the Convention Abolishing The Requirement of Legislation for foreign public documents concluded on 5 October, 1961 and entered into force on 24 January, 1965, the text of which is set out in Schedule 1;

“foreign public document” means a public document that—

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   (a)     has to be produced in Saint Lucia; and

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   (b)     was executed in a foreign country that is a Contracting State under the Convention;

“public document” means a public document that—

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   (a)     is executed in Saint Lucia; and

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   (b)     has to be produced in a country that is a Contracting State under the Convention; (Inserted by 22 of 2011)

“Saint Lucia authority” means any person in Saint Lucia including any Court, any person acting judicially, and any person exercising a power or performing a function under a Saint Lucia law to whom a foreign public document has to be produced.

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   (2)   Words and expressions used in this Act have the same meaning as the corresponding words and expressions in the Convention.