Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

38.   Penalty for incitement to violence etc., at meetings and marches

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    (1)   A person commits an offence under this section if without lawful authority, the proof of which shall be on him or her, in any public place or at any public meeting he or she—

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      (a)     makes any statement;

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      (b)     plays or causes to be played any phonograph record or other sound recording;

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      (c)     publishes or distributes any written matter; or

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      (d)     behaves or incites any other person to behave in a manner,

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    which is intended or is likely to incite or induce or is capable of inciting or inducing any person—

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      (i)     to kill or do physical injury to or assault any person or class of persons,

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      (ii)     to destroy or do damage to any property, or

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      (iii)     to deprive any person by force or fear of the possession or use of any property either permanently or temporarily.

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    (2)   A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000 or to a term not exceeding 2 years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

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    (3)   For the purposes of this section, where a phonograph record or other sound recording is played at a public meeting, then—

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      (a)     in the case of a public meeting in respect of which a permit has been issued by the Commissioner of Police, the person to whom such permit was issued; and

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      (b)     in the case of any other public meeting the Chairperson, organiser or promoter of that meeting,

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    is considered to have played or to have caused that phonograph record or other sound recording to be played at such meeting unless the contrary is proved by him or her.