(1) Despite the provisions of any other law in force in Saint Lucia, any gazetted officer or any inspector stationed in any area, may, if he or she considers it necessary so to do for the maintenance and preservation of law and order or for the prevention or detection of crime, erect or place barriers in or across any road or street or in any public place within Saint Lucia, in such manner as he or she may think fit.
(2) Any police officer may take all reasonable steps to prevent any vehicle being driven past such barrier and any driver of any vehicle who fails to comply with any reasonable signals of a police officer, requiring such person to stop such vehicle before reaching any such barrier, commits an offence and on conviction therefor, is liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding $240 or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
(3) A police officer is not liable for any loss or damage resulting to any vehicle or for any injury to the driver or any other occupant of such vehicle as a result of the driver of such vehicle failing to obey any police officer acting under the provisions of subsection (2).