Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

3.   Application for production order

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    (1)   A police officer or a duly authorized person may make an application to a judge for an order under this section.

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    (2)   An application under subsection (1) shall be made ex parte and shall be in writing and accompanied by an affidavit.

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    (3)   A judge may make an order if he or she is satisfied that —

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      (a)     there are reasonable grounds to suspect a criminal offence or civil fraud or other civil wrong has been committed;

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      (b)     there is material on the premises specified in the application or in the possession of the person named in the application which is likely to be of value, whether by itself or together with other material, to the investigation in connection with which the application is made; and

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      (c)     the material to be produced consists of information stored in electronic form or in any form in which it can be taken away, in which it is visible and legible or in a form from which it can be readily produced in a visible and legible form.

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    (4)   An order under this section shall require the person who appears to the judge to be in possession or control of the material to which the application relates to —

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      (a)     immediately produce the material to a police officer or duly authorized person for such person to take away; or

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      (b)     immediately give a police officer or duly authorized person access to the material.