Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

24.   Power to require dispersal of public marches and meetings near scheduled premises

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    (1)   A police officer not below the rank of corporal may, in relation to either—

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      (a)     any public meeting held within the specified distance of any scheduled premises; or

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      (b)     any public march in progress which comes within the specified distance of any scheduled premises, during a sitting of the House of Assembly or during a sitting of any court or during normal working hours as the case may be, require any person—

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        (i)     addressing or known to him or her to have addressed such meeting,

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        (ii)     leading such march, or

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        (iii)     appearing to him or her to be the promoter or organiser or one of the promoters or organisers or the leader or one of the leaders of such meeting or march,

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    to call on such meeting or march to disperse.

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    (2)   Any person required under subsection (1) to call on any public meeting or public march to disperse, who refuses, fails or neglects immediately to call on such meeting or march to disperse commits an offence under this section.