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DISTRICT COURTS ACT
Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)
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DISTRICT COURTS ACT
ACT
1. Short title
2. Interpretation of terms
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
District Courts (Judicial Districts) Order – Section 3 (Statutory Instrument 43/1987)
1. Citation
2. Division of Judicial Districts
District Courts (Sittings) Notice – Section 12 (Statutory Instruments 44/1987, 49/1995, 59/2000, 212/2000 and 176/2006)
1. Citation
2. Times and Places for sittings of the District Courts
District Court (Bordelais Correctional Facility) Notice – Section 12 (Statutory Instrument 25/2003)
1. Citation
2. Place of sitting at Bordelais Correctional Facility
District Court (Family Court) Notice – Section 12 (Statutory Instrument 77/2004)
1. Citation
2. Place of sitting at Austin Henry Building
District Court (Peter & Company Building) Notice – Section 12 (Statutory Instrument 89/2004)
1. Citation
2. Place of sitting at Bordelais Correctional Facility
District Court Rules (Civil Side) – Section 54 (Gazette Notice 9 November 1894)
District Courts (Tariff of Fees) Rules – Section 51 (Statutory Instrument 13/1988)
1. Citation
2. Fees and charges payable
District Court (St. Lucia Civil Service Association Auditorium) Notice – Section 12 (Statutory Instrument 83/2015)
1. Citation
2. Place of sittings of court
PART 1 CONSTITUTION OF THE COURTS
3. Division of the Island into Judicial Districts
4. Constitution of the district Courts
5. Presiding Officer of the Court
PART 2 JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS
6. Criminal Jurisdiction of the Court
7. Civil jurisdiction of the Court
8. Magisterial jurisdiction on changes of districts
9. Execution of process issued before such changes
10. Administration of oaths
11. Appeal from a district Court
PART 3 SITTINGS OF THE COURTS
12. Fixing of times and places for sittings of the Court
13. Nature of business at any sitting
14. Adjournment of the Court
15. Adjournment over holiday, etc.
16. Change of place of hearing of case
17. Preservation of order at sitting of the Court
18. Punishment of person guilty of misconduct before the Court
PART 4 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OF THE COURTS
19. Practice in criminal jurisdiction
20. Practice in civil jurisdiction
21. Completion by a magistrate of process begun by his or her predecessor
22. Process of any magistrate valid throughout Saint Lucia
23. Issue of process
PART 5 OFFICERS OF THE COURTS
24. Assignment of magistrate
25. Salary of magistrate
26. Other offices held by magistrate
27. Assignment of magistrate from one district to another
28. Assignment of magistrate to exercise another magistrate's Jurisdiction
29. Appointment of deputy magistrate in certain cases
30. Appointment of assistant magistrate in cases of necessity
31. Protection from proceedings
32. Protection of Justices
33. Appointment of Justices
34. Powers, functions, etc. of Justice
35. Extent of jurisdiction of Justice
36. Assignment of Clerks and Assistant Clerks
37. Salaries of Clerks and Assistant Clerks
38. Other office held by Clerk and Assistant Clerk
39. Assignment of Clerk from one Court to another
40. Control of Clerk and Assistant Clerks
41. Duties of Clerk
42. Power of Clerk in absence of magistrate
43. Duties of Assistant Clerk
44. Accounting of Clerk
45. Interpreters
46. Assignment of Bailiffs
47. Salary of Bailiff
48. Other Office held by Bailiff
49. Duties of Bailiff
50. Sanction for misconduct or neglect of duty
PART 6 MISCELLANEOUS
51. Fixing of scale of fees and docket of costs in the Court
52. Admission to sue or defend in forma pauperis
53. Payment and remission of fees
54. Rules
District Court (Tariff of Costs) Rules – Sections 51 and 54 (Statutory Instrument 28/2017)
1. Citation
2. Cost
Schedule
District Court (Place of Sittings) (Castries) Notice – Section 12 (Statutory Instrument 37/2018)
1. Citation
2. Place of sittings of court
District Court (Place of Sittings) (Vieux-Fort) Notice – Section 12 (Statutory Instrument 38/2018)
1. Citation
2. Place of sittings of court
DISTRICT COURTS (ELECTRONIC LITIGATION FILING AND SERVICE PROCEDURE) RULES – SECTION 54
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Application of Rules
4. Operation of Electronic Litigation Portal
5. Registration
6. Payment of Electronic Litigation Filing fees
7. Electronic submission of document
8. Format of document
9. Electronic signature
10. Filing within and outside hours of business
11. Fees
12. Processing by the Court's Registry
13. Service of document by electronic means
14. Proof of service by electronic means
15. Service by electronic means by or on the Court
16. Use of Electronic Litigation Portal by Pro Se Litigant
17. Practice Direction and Practice Guide
Schedule