Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

37.   Power of arrest

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    (1)   Any forest officer, rural constable, or police officer may, without a warrant, arrest any person reasonably suspected of having been concerned in any forest offence if such person refuses to give his or her name or residence, or gives a name or residence which there is reason to believe to be false, or if there is reason to believe that he or she will abscond.

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    (2)   Every person making an arrest under this section shall, without unnecessary delay, take or send the person arrested before a magistrate or justice of the peace or the officer or non-commissioned officer in charge of the nearest police station to be dealt with according to law.