Saint Lucia

Constitution of Saint Lucia (1979)

CHAPTER I
PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

3.- (3) Any person who is arrested or detained -

a) for the purpose of bringing him before a court in execution of the order of a court ; or
b) upon reasonable suspicion of his having committed, or being about to commit, a criminal offence under any law and who is not released, shall be brought before a court without undue delay and in any case not later than seventy-two hours after such arrest or detention.

Keywords

Fair trial standards
Rights during investigation - arbitrary arrest or detention and deprivation of liberty
Rights during trial - tried without undue delay



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