Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

71.   Power of entry on premises of distiller

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    (1)   Any officer may at any time, either by day or by night, enter any distillery and search for, examine, gauge and take an account of, any distillery apparatus and any spirits and materials for the manufacture of spirits therein.

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    (2)   If an officer, after having demanded admission into a distillery and declared his or her name and business at any entrance or window thereof, is not immediately admitted, the officer, or any person acting in his or her aid, may at any time either by day or by night (but at night only in the presence of a police officer or other peace officer) break open any door or window of the distillery or break through any wall thereof, for the purpose of obtaining admission, and the distiller shall incur a penalty not exceeding $1,000. (Amended by Act 2 of 1992)