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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

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1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Immigration Act.

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3. Immigration officers

6. Power of Cabinet to prohibit the entry of persons not belonging to Saint Lucia

7. Defined port

8. Entry of persons into Saint Lucia

9. Duty of person entering Saint Lucia

10. List of passengers and matters in connection therewith

10C. Obligations to the competent authority

10D. Use and sharing of advance passenger information

11. Certificate that immigrant not a prohibited immigrant

13. Immigrant to be deemed prohibited immigrant if he fails to leave Saint Lucia on or before the expiration of permit granted under section 12

14. Postponement of decision by immigration officer

15. Prohibited immigrant not to enter or remain in Saint Lucia

17. Permits to prohibited immigrants

18. Permit to immigrant to remain in Saint Lucia pending the furnishing of security

19. Fingerprints

20. Detention in custody under this act

21. General provision as to permits

22. Conditions and restrictions relating to permits and certificates

23. Notice and grounds of decision that immigrant is a prohibited immigrant

24. Power of chief immigration officer to annul or vary certain decisions of immigration officer

26. Where immigrant not discovered to be prohibited immigrant until after he or she enters Saint Lucia

27. Immigration office to cause prohibited immigrants entering or found in Saint Lucia to be removed therefrom

28. Appeal from decision of immigration officer under section 23

29. Magistrate may order removal and detention

30. Warrant to convey deserting seaman, or stowaway or prohibited immigrant who lands in Saint Lucia back on board vessel

31. Punishment or discharge of a member of a crew, stowaway or extra hand

32. Variation and revocation of orders made by the Minister, or Cabinet

33. Detention in custody and places of detention

35. Recovery of expenses

38. Repealed by Act 15 of 1983

40. Regulations to be laid before Parliament

2. Interpretation

4. Prohibited immigrants

5. Persons not prohibited immigrants

10A. Advance passenger information

10B. Powers and duties of the competent authority

12. permit to remain in the state

16. Powers of immigration officer in relation to prohibited immigrants

25. Liability of employer for immigrant employee

34. Expenses of removal from Saint Lucia of an immigrant

36. Offences and penalties

37. Evidence and burden of proof

39. Regulations