Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

23.   Existing laws, etc.

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    (1)   Any rule of court made under or kept in force by the Order of 1959 or the Order of 1962 and having effect as part of the law of a State immediately before the prescribed date shall continue in force on and after that date notwithstanding the revocation of those Orders.

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    (2)   Any law (including any rule of court) other than the Order of 1959 and the Order of 1962 having effect as part of the law of a State immediately before the prescribed date shall have effect on and after the prescribed date as if—

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      (a)     references therein to the British Caribbean Court of Appeal were references to the Court of Appeal; and

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      (b)     references therein to the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal of the Windward Islands and Leeward Islands were references to the High Court.

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    (3)   The foregoing provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to any powers conferred by any law in force in a State upon any person or authority to make provision for any matter, including the amendment or revocation of any law (including any rule of court) having effect as part of the law of that State immediately before the prescribed date or the making on or after that date of rules of court so having effect.