Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

28.   Property obtained by infringement of Act

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    (1)   Where a person—

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      (a)     has made any payment which is prohibited by this Act; or

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      (b)     being bound under this Act to offer or cause to be offered any specified currency to an authorised dealer, has otherwise disposed of that currency,

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    the Director of Finance and Planning may direct him or her to sell or procure the sale of any property which he or she is entitled to sell or of which he or she is entitled to procure the sale, being property which represents, whether directly or indirectly, that payment or that specified currency as the case may be, and may by the same or a subsequent direction specify the manner in which, the persons to whom and the terms on which the property is to be sold.

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    (2)   Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of subsection (1) the power conferred thereby on the Director of Finance and Planning to give directions shall extend to the giving of directions that the property shall be assigned to the Director of Finance and Planning or to a person specified in the provisions.