Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

517.   Refusal power

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    (1)   The Registrar may refuse to receive, file or register a document submitted to him or her, if he or she is of the opinion that the document—

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      (a)     contains matter contrary to the law;

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      (b)     by reason of any omission or error in description, has not been duly completed;

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      (c)     does not comply with the requirements of this Act;

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      (d)     contains an error, alteration or erasure;

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      (e)     is not sufficiently legible; or

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      (f)     is not sufficiently permanent for his or her records.

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    (2)   The Registrar may request that a document refused under subsection (1) be amended or completed and re-submitted, or that a new document be submitted in its place.

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    (3)   If a document that is submitted to the Registrar is accompanied with a statutory declaration by an attorney-at-law that the document contains no matter contrary to law and has been duly completed in accordance with the requirements of this Act, the Registrar may accept the declaration as sufficient proof of the facts therein declared.