Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

4.   Power to declare place a lock-up

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    (1)   Despite the provisions of section 3, Cabinet may, by order published in the Gazette—

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      (a)     declare any house, building, enclosure, or place or any part thereof to be a lock-up for the confinement of persons awaiting trial, or remanded in custody;

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      (b)     declare that any lock-up shall cease to be a lock-up and, as from the date of the publication of such declaration, or from such later date as may be specified therein, such lock-up shall cease to be a lock-up.

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    (2)   Any place used as a lock-up immediately before the date on which this Act comes into force is hereby deemed to be a declared lock-up under the provisions of this Act.

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    (3)   A lock-up shall not be deemed to be a correctional facility for the purposes of this Act and the correctional facility regulations shall not apply thereto.

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    (4)   The Minister may make regulations for the control and management of lock-ups and of persons detained therein, and without prejudice to the generality of this power, any such regulations may provide for—

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      (a)     the inspection and management of lock-ups and the persons to be in charge thereof;

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      (b)     the assignment of duties to persons confined therein;

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      (c)     the diets to be supplied to persons confined therein;

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      (d)     the maintenance of discipline.