Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

Section I   Giving security

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    384.   Every judgment ordering security to be given must fix the time within which sureties shall be offered.

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    385.   Sureties are offered after notice served upon the opposite party, and, when not objected to, they enter into a bond at the Registrar's office.

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    386.   Except in cases where the law requires only personal justification, if a surety is objected to he or she may be required to give in a declaration of his or her real property, together with his or her titles thereto.

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    Sureties may in all cases be required to justify on oath their sufficiency, and the Judge or Registrar may receive and administer the necessary oath.

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    387.   A surety may be objected to:

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      1.     if he or she has not the qualifications required according to the Book respecting Suretyship in the Civil Code;

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      2.     if he or she is not sufficient.

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    388.   The sufficiency of a surety is decided upon the documents and affidavits produced, without a proof being ordered.

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    389.   If the surety is accepted, the bond is drawn up and entered into in conformity with the judgment, and remains in the Registrar's office as part of the record in the case.

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    390.   The acceptance of sureties is decided upon summarily, without any petitions or writings, and the bond is entered into notwithstanding oppositions or appeals, and without prejudice thereto.