Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

42.   Offences against school attendance counsellors

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    (1)   A person commits an offence if that person—

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      (a)     assaults, obstructs, or uses insulting, abusive or indecent language to—

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        (i)     a school attendance counsellor in the execution of his or her duties, or

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        (ii)     any other person executing a duty imposed on that person by this Act, in relation to the attendance of any child at school;

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      (b)     being a parent, fails, without reasonable cause, having been requested by a school attendance counsellor to give any information concerning—

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        (i)     the name, age, residence, parent, enrolment or the attendance of any child at school,

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        (ii)     any other matter, relevant to the attendance of any child at school; or

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      (c)     gives to any school attendance counsellor, knowing it to be false or misleading, any information concerning any matter mentioned in paragraph (b).

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    (2)   Subsection (1) applies, although the child in relation to whom the offence is committed is not of compulsory school age.

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    (3)   A person who is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,500 or 6 months imprisonment or both.