(1) A revised edition of the laws or a part or parts of a revised edition of the laws prepared under this Act comes into force as the authoritative version of the law on the date specified (“the effective date”) in an order made by the Attorney General under subsection (3) with respect to that revised edition or a part or parts of a revised edition of the laws.
(2) When the Commissioner has prepared a revised edition of the laws or a part or parts of a revised edition of the laws, the Commissioner shall—
(a) sign 4 copies of the book, booklet, collection of loose-leaf pages, page, CD ROM or other electronic record, or printout from the data bank, as the case may be;
(b) deliver the signed copies to the Attorney General for the purpose of the making of an order under subsection (3), and the Attorney General shall likewise sign the 4 copies and cause the copies to be submitted to the Governor General who shall also sign all 4 copies;
© following the making of an order under subsection (3), deliver one of those copies to the Registrar of the Supreme Court and one to the Governor General for record keeping purposes, and shall lay the same before Parliament.
(3) The Attorney General may, by order published in the Gazette, declare that a revised edition of the laws or a part or parts of a revised edition of the laws specified in the order shall come into force on such date as may be appointed by such order.
(4) An order in respect of a revised edition of the laws or a part or parts of a revised edition of the laws shall not be made until after the passing of a resolution of Parliament authorising the making of such an order.
(5) From the date named in an order made under subsection (3) the revised edition of the laws or a part or parts of a revised edition of the laws shall be deemed to be, in all courts of justice and for all purposes whatsoever, without any question, the sole authentic edition of the laws of the Saint Lucia in respect of the law contained therein and in force on the relevant revision date.
(6) Nothing in this section shall affect the operation of any Act or subsidiary legislation which, before the date appointed for the revised edition of the laws to come into operation, may be enacted repealing, altering or amending any Act or subsidiary legislation which has already been included in the revised edition of the laws.
(7) When the revised edition of the laws or a part or parts of a revised edition of the laws is published under the authority of this Act, the Commissioner shall, despite subsection (2), cause sufficient copies thereof to be permanently bound into volumes and shall deliver one copy each—
(a) for record keeping purposes, to—
(i) the Governor General,
(ii) the Clerk to Parliament,
(iii) the President of the Senate,
(iv) the Speaker of the House of Assembly,
(v) the Attorney General,
(vi) the Registrar of the High Court,
(vii) the Registrar of Lands,
(viii) the Director of Legislative Drafting,
(ix) the Law Revision Commissioner;
(b) to members of Parliament for their use as members.
(Amended by Act 1 of 2006)