Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

8.   Jurisdiction of service court

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    (1)   Subject to this Act, a service court of a visiting force may exercise within Saint Lucia in relation to members of that force and dependants, all the criminal and disciplinary jurisdiction that is conferred upon them by the law of the designated State to which they belong.

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    (2)   A service court of a visiting force has the primary right to exercise jurisdiction in relation to an alleged commission by a member of the visiting force or a dependant of a member of a visiting force of an offence in respect of—

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      (a)     the property or security of the designated State;

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      (b)     the person or property of another member of the visiting force or a dependant; or

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      (c)     an act done or anything omitted in the performance of official duty.