Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

16.   Failure or refusal to comply with information notice

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    (1)   A person shall not —

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      (a)     without reasonable excuse, fail or refuse to comply with a requirement specified in an information notice; or

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      (b)     in purported compliance with an information notice furnish information to the Commissioner that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material respect.

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    (2)   A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $25,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or to both.

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    (3)   It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he or she exercised all due diligence to comply with the information notice.