(1) Where the Director of Public Prosecutions applies for a forfeiture order against property in respect of a person's conviction of a criminal conduct— (Amended by Act 4 of 2010)
(a) the Director of Public Prosecutions must give no less than 14 days written notice of the application to the person and to any other person who the Director of Public Prosecutions has reason to believe may have an interest in the property;
(b) the person, and any other person who claims an interest in the property, may appear and adduce evidence at the hearing of the application; and
(c) the Court may, at any time before the final determination of the application, direct the Director of Public Prosecutions—
(i) to give notice of the application to any person who, in the opinion of the Court, appears to have an interest in the property;
(ii) to publish in the Gazette and in a newspaper published and circulating in Saint Lucia notice of the application in the manner and containing such particulars and within the time that the Court considers appropriate.
(2) Where the Director of Public Prosecutions applies for a confiscation order against a person—
(a) the Director of Public Prosecutions must give the person no less than 14 days written notice of the application; and
(b) the person may appear and adduce evidence at the hearing of the application.