Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

3.   Provisonal arrest warrant

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   (1)   A Magistrate shall issue a provisional warrant for the arrest of a person where—

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      (a)     an application is made to the Magistrate on behalf of a requesting country for the issue of a provisional warrant for the arrest of a person and the Magistrate is told by affidavit-

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         (i)     that an original warrant for the arrest of the person has been issued in the requesting country but that the warrant is not available in Saint Lucia;

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         (ii)     that the person named in the original warrant is, or is suspected of being, in or on his or her way to Saint Lucia;

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         (iii)     the offence the suspected person is charged with, the circumstances surrounding the offence and the means of identifying the person named in the original warrant; and

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      (b)     the Magistrate is satisfied that it is reasonable in the circumstances to issue a provisional warrant.

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   (2)   A provisional warrant issued in accordance with subsection (1) shall be in the manner prescribed at Form A of the Schedule.