Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

5.   Power to stop and search a vehicle or conveyance without a warrant

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    (1)   Subject to subsection (2), a police officer may, without a warrant, stop any vehicle or other conveyance if the police officer reasonably believes that the vehicle or other conveyance is being used to convey agricultural produce in the commission of an offence of praedial larceny under section 3.

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    (2)   Where a vehicle or other conveyance is stopped pursuant to subsection (1), the police officer may, on informing the person in charge of the vehicle or other conveyance of his or her purpose, search the vehicle or other conveyance and may require the person in charge of the vehicle to produce proof of ownership of any agricultural produce found in the vehicle or conveyance.