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78.   Bribery

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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78.   Bribery

The following persons shall be deemed guilty of bribery within the meaning of this Act—

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    (a)     Every person who, directly or indirectly, by himself or herself or by any other person on his or her behalf, gives, lends, or agrees to give or lend, or offers, promises, or promises to procure or to endeavour to procure any money or valuable consideration to or for any elector, or to or for any other person in order to induce any elector to vote or refrain from voting, or corruptly does any such act aforesaid on account of any elector having voted or refrained from voting at any election.

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    (b)     Every person who, directly or indirectly, by himself or herself or by any other person on his or her behalf, gives or procures, or agrees to give or procure, or offers, promises, or promises to procure or to endeavour to procure any office, place or employment to or for any elector, or to or for any person on behalf of any elector, or to or for any other person in order to induce such elector to vote or refrain from voting, or corruptly does any such act as aforesaid on account of any elector having voted or refrained from voting at any election.

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    (c)     Every person who, directly or indirectly, by himself or herself or by any other person on his or her behalf, makes any gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement to or agreement with any person, in order to induce such person to procure, or endeavour to procure, the return of any person as an elected member of the House or the vote of any elector at any election.

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    (d)     Every person who, upon or in consequence of any gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement, or agreement, procures or engages, promises or endeavours to procure the return of any person as an elected member of the House or the vote of any elector at any election.

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    (e)     Every person who advances or pays, or causes to be paid, any money to or to the use of any other person, with the intent that such money, or any part thereof, shall be expended in bribery at any election, or who knowingly pays or causes to be paid, any money to any person in discharge or repayment of any money wholly or in part expended in bribery at any such election.

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    (f)     Every elector who, before or during any election, directly or indirectly, by himself or herself or by any other person on his or her behalf, receives, agrees, or contracts for any money, gift, loan or valuable consideration, office, place, or employment for himself or herself or for any other person, for voting or agreeing to vote, or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting at any such election.

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    (g)     Every person who, after any election, directly or indirectly, by himself or herself or by any other person on his or her behalf, receives any money or valuable consideration on account of any person having voted or refrained from voting, or having induced any other person to vote or refrain from voting at any such election.

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    (h)     The foregoing provisions of this section shall not extend or be construed to extend to any money paid or agreed to be paid for or on account of any lawful expenses incurred in good faith at or concerning an election.

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    (i)     For the purpose of this section “lawful expenses” include—

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      (i)     the payment of the agents, clerks, canvassers and messengers of candidates,

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      (ii)     payments made for the purpose of hiring vehicles for the conveyance of electors to or from a polling station,

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      (iii)     payments made for the use of any premises for a public meeting in furtherance of the candidature of any person or for the use of any committee room or office for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of candidate,

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      (iv)     payments made in respect of postage, stationery, printing, advertising, the distribution of advertising material and the use of any public address system.

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