Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

7.   Interpretation

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   (1)   In this Act the following expressions have the following meanings respectively, that is to say—

“court” does not include a court-martial;

“Governor”, in relation to a Territory, means the Governor of the Territory and includes any person administering the government of the Territory:

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   Provided that—

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      (a)     in relation to the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, the Central and Southern Line Islands and the Gilbert and Elice Islands Colony “Governor” means the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific and includes any person for the time being discharging the functions of the office of High Commissioner;

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      (b)     in relation to the Federation of Nigeria “Governor” means the Governor General of the Federation of Nigeria, as the case may be, and includes any person for the time being discharging the functions of the office of Governor General;

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      (c)     in relation to Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland “Governor” means Her Majesty's High Commissioner for Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland and includes any person for the time being discharging the functions of the office of High commissioner;

“protected internee” means a person protected by the convention set out in the Fourth Schedule to this Act and interned in the Territory;

“protected prisoner of war” means a person protected by the convention set out in the Third Schedule to this Act;

“the protecting power”, in relation to a protected prisoner of war or a protected internee, means the power or organisation which is carrying out, in the interests of the power of which he is a national, or of whose forces he is, or was at any material time, a member, the duties assigned to protecting powers under the convention set out in the Third or, as the case may be, Fourth Schedule to this Act;

“the scheduled conventions” means the conventions set out in the Schedules to this Act;

“Territory” means any of the territories to which the foregoing provisions of this act extend and includes the dependencies thereof.

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   (2)   Save where the context otherwise requires, references in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment.

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   (3)   The references in this Act to the consent of the appropriate legal officer of a Territory in connection with the institution of proceedings for an offence shall be construed as references to the consent of the Attorney General or other principal Law Officer of the Territory (including an person for the time being discharging the functions of that office) or to such other officer as the Governor may, either generally or in relation to specified classes of proceedings, prescribe by order.

(Amended by S.I. 1959 No. 1301(UK.) and S.I. 1962 No. 1084 (UK.))