Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

Section IV   Tender generally and payment into court

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    408.   A tender must describe the object offered; and if it be of money, it must contain an enumeration and description thereof.

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    409.   Tender may be made at any time before the close of the hearing of an authentic document, or in any other manner which admits of its being proved.

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    Tender may be made in a suit by demanding record thereof, and must be accompanied with payment into Court.

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    410.   Tender may be made at the domicile elected in a contract.

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    411.   The authentic document recording the tender, if there is one, must state the answer made by the creditor, or the person representing him or her, the fact of his or her being called upon to sign such answer, and in default of his or her signature, the reason why it was not signed.

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    412.   A debtor who has made a tender and is afterwards sued, may renew it by his or her pleadings, and pay the amount into Court upon a receivable order.

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    413.   Monies paid into Court cannot, without the authorisation of the Court or Judge, be withdrawn by the party who paid them in.

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    Unless the tender is conditional, the party to whom it is made is entitled to receive the monies paid in, without prejudicing his or her claim to the remainder.

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    The party entitled to money paid into Court receives payment by cheque.

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    414.   The expense of the tender made out of Court is borne by the debtor; but, if it is declared sufficient, the costs attending the payment into Court are borne by the creditor.

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    415.   (Repealed by S.I. 3 of 1970)