26. Where immigrant not discovered to be prohibited immigrant until after he or she enters Saint Lucia
Subject to the provisions of section 29 where a person enters Saint Lucia without a permit under this Act and at the time he or she so enters is a prohibited immigrant, he or she shall not be exempt from the provisions of this Act or be deemed to have acquired a right to remain in Saint Lucia or a domicile therein, by reason only —
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(a) that he or she had not been informed that he or she could not enter or remain in Saint Lucia; or
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(b) that he or she had been allowed to enter or remain in Saint Lucia —
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(i) through the oversight of, or any misrepresentation made to, an immigration officer,
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(ii) owing to the decision of an immigration officer that he or she is not a prohibited immigrant, where such decision was given in ignorance of material facts or by mistake, or
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(iii) owing to the fact having been undiscovered that he or she was a prohibited immigrant.