Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

Section I   Continuance of suits

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    313-317.   (Repealed by S.I. 3 of 1970)

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    318.   The continuance may be effected upon petition, filed in the Registrar's office, after being served upon the opposite party.

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    This petition may be contested in the same manner as any suit.

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    319.   If the continuance is not contested within the delays prescribed, it is held to be admitted, and in such case, as also when it is declared by the Court to be valid, the opposite party may continue on from the last proceedings taken in the original suit.

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    320.   If the persons interested do not continue the suit, the party remaining in it may compel them to do so by a demand in the usual form which is joined to the original suit.

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    321.   In all cases, whether the continuance is voluntary or ordered by the Court, it is effected by following up the last valid proceedings taken in the suit.