Saint Lucia

Criminal Code

CHAPTER FOUR
Punishment, Pardon, Remission, Rewards and Miscellaneous Matters

PART I
General Provisions

SUB-PART A – PUNISHMENT IN GENERAL

Punishment not to be double
1090. A person shall not be punished twice for the same offence under the provisions of this Code or any other law, except in the case where a person causes the death of another person, in which case he or she may be convicted of the offence which he or she committed by reason of causing such death, notwithstanding that he or she has already been convicted of some other offence constituted by his or her act.


Prosecution and punishment under one or more enactments
1091. Where an act constitutes an offence, punishable on summary conviction or on indictment, under the same enactment or under two or more enactments, the offender shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be liable to be prosecuted and punished accordingly under either or any of such enactments, but shall not be liable to be punished twice for the same offence.

Keywords

Fair trial standards



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