Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

73.   Exclusion of records of oral questioning

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    (1)   Where an oral admission was made by a defendant to an investigating official in response to a question put or a representation made by the official, a document prepared by or on behalf of the official is not admissible in criminal proceedings to prove the contents of the question, representation or response unless the defendant has, by signing, initialling or otherwise marking the document, acknowledged that the document is a true record of the question, representation or response.

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    (2)   In subsection (1), “document” does not include a sound recording or a transcript of a sound recording.

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    (3)    A court may admit evidence to which this section applies even if subsection (1) has not been complied with, if having regard to the reasons for non-compliance and any other relevant matters the court is satisfied that it was not practicable to comply with that provision and in the special circumstances of the case it would not be contrary to the interests of justice.

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    (Amended by Act 46 of 2006)