Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

64.   Preservation of rights, claims, offences and proceedings

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    (1)   Every appeal made under an enactment repealed by this Act that has been commenced but not finally determined before this Act comes into force, is to be continued and dealt with as if this Act had not come into force.

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    (2)   If, immediately before this Act comes into force, a claim for compensation under an enactment repealed by this Act has been or could have been made, that claim may be made or continued or enforced in all respects as if this Act had not come into force.

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    (3)   All proceedings in respect of breaches of or offences committed against an enactment repealed by this Act may be commenced as if this Act had not come into force.

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    (4)   Every proceeding under an enactment repealed by this Act may be continued and completed—

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      (a)     if the proceeding has been partly or wholly heard, as if the enactments repealed by this Act were still in force; and

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      (b)     in all other cases, as if the proceeding had been commenced under this Act.