Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

37.   Legal status

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    (1)   A registered Non-Governmental Organization shall have the capacity to contract and to hold property, and to sue and be sued in its registered name.

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    (2)   Subject to subsection (3), civil proceedings shall not be brought against a Non-Governmental Organization registered under this Act or against any member, officer, trustee or director of a Non-Governmental Organization, in respect of any act done in good faith, by or on behalf of the Non-Governmental Organization in the furtherance of the objects of its founding document.

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    (3)   Notwithstanding subsection (2), civil proceedings may be brought against a Non-Governmental Organization or a member, officer, trustee or director of a Non-Governmental Organization where this is expressly allowed by this Act or any law in force in Saint Lucia.