(1) An immigration officer who decides that an immigrant is a prohibited immigrant may in his or her discretion —
(a) if the immigrant arrived by sea, order him or her to leave Saint Lucia and proceed immediately in the same vessel in which he or she arrived;
(b) order him or her to leave Saint Lucia within a specified period to be determined by the immigration officer; or
I cause him or her to be arrested and brought before a District Court with a view to an order being made for his or her removal from Saint Lucia.
(2) The specified period in an Order made under subsection (1)(a) may from time to time be extended by an immigration officer, and such extension may be granted after the expiration of the specified period.
(3) Where the immigrant to whom an Order made under subsection (1)(d) relates, gives notice of appeal under section 28 he or she shall not, without his or her consent in writing, be removed from Saint Lucia before the hearing and determination of the appeal.