Saint Lucia

Criminal Code

CHAPTER THREE
Procedure

PART VI
INDICTABLE TRIALS

SUB-PART A
THE TRIAL

Objections

Special Defence
864. (1) Where the accused intends to plead a special defence, he or she shall give written notice of such defence to the Director of Public Prosecutions or the private prosecutor, with any information which might be of material assistance to the prosecution including any information in the possession of the defence, relating to witnesses the defence intends to call in support of the special defence.

(2) Where the accused intends to plead an alibi, he or she shall give written notice of such alibi to the Director of Public Prosecutions or the private prosecutor, with particulars as to time and place and of the witnesses by whom it is proposed to prove it, and the prosecutor on being given the notice, if he so desires, shall be entitled to an adjournment of the case, if the Court is of opinion that he or she has not had sufficient length of notice.

Keywords

Rights during trial - raise defences



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