Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

54.   Executionof immovables after September by the Supreme Court

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    (1)   Execution on land only or on land together with immovable buildings may be made at any time after September for any unpaid rate or tax under a writ of execution according to the Form prescribed in Schedule 5 to this Act issued by the Treasurer to the Sheriff, and the proceeds of sale shall after deduction by the Sheriff of the rates and taxes due, with interest, costs and expenses, be returned in the Supreme Court for distribution among the persons, and their creditors, who according to the record and the claims filed setting out and proving ownership, are judicially held to be entitled to the same.

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    (2)   Any such writ may be issued against one or more defendants or immovables and shall be sufficient authority for any bailiff of the Supreme Court, Sheriff's officer, or any police constable or other person directed by the Sheriff to collect the sums payable.

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    (3)   Before issuing any such writ the Treasurer shall cause to be served on each person assessed whose rates or taxes are unpaid after 30 September, and on the owner (if known) of the land or the land with immovable buildings in respect of which rates or taxes are unpaid after 30 September a notice of his or her intention to issue such writ at any time after 7 days after the service of such notice.

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    (4)   If from any cause the notice cannot conveniently be served on any person as aforesaid, it shall be sufficient to affix the same in some conspicuous manner to any part of the immovable intended to be sold.

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    (5)   In respect to any immovable mentioned therein such writ is deemed to be returnable in the Supreme Court at any time within 4 months from the first publication of the advertisement of sale of such immovable in the Gazette.