'Rights during investigation - arbitrary arrest or detention and deprivation of liberty' in document 'Saint Lucia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER THREE
Procedure

PART VII
GENERAL PROCEDURAL MATTERS

Habeas Corpus and like Proceedings

High Court to release person in illegal custody
1022. The Court may, whenever it thinks fit, direct that a person unlawfully or improperly detained in public or private custody in the State or within the limits of its jurisdiction be set free.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 55
Rights of persons during an investigation
1. In respect of an investigation under this Statute, a person:
(d) Shall not be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention, and shall not be deprived of his or her liberty except on such grounds and in accordance with such procedures as are established in this Statute