Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

44.   Failure to pay fees

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    (1)   A person who fails to pay any fee required to be paid under this Act within the time prescribed shall pay a penalty equal to 10% of the fee required to be paid together with the amount which he or she ought to have paid.

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    (2)   Despite subsection (1), the Authority may recommend and Cabinet may approve the suspension of a licence issued to a person who fails to pay a prescribed fee within the time set under the Act.

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    (3)   Where a licence has been suspended under subsection (2) a person who continues to engage in the gaming activity for which the suspended licence had been issued commits an offence and upon summary conviction is liable to a fine of $500,000 or to imprisonment for a term of 7 years.