10 Cap.3.01 Criminal Code Laws of Saint Lucia Revision Date: 31 Dec. 2005 291. 292. 293. 294. 295. 296. 297. 298. Arson by fire not otherwise expressly provided for............................................165 Explanation of unlawful damage and amount of damage .................................166 Destroying bankers’ books ................................................................................167 Damage to building, bridge, mine, vessel or other work on land, in water or machinery or tools ........................................................................................167 Damage to document........................................................................................168 Damage to lighthouse or other safety signal .....................................................168 Damage to thing manufactured .........................................................................168 Compensation for damage to property..............................................................168 PART 3 169 OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER 169 299. 300. 301. 302. 303. 304. 305. 306. 307. 308. 309. 310. 311. 312. 313. 314. 315. 316. 317. 318. 319. 320. 321 322. 323. 324. 325. 326. 327. 328. 329. 330. 331. 332. 333. 334. 335. 336. 337. 338. 339. 340. 341. Abetting assault on superior officer, or desertion, by soldier or sailor ...............169 Abetting insubordination by soldier or sailor .....................................................169 Abetting mutiny by soldier or sailor ...................................................................169 Intentionally aiding escape of inmate of war .....................................................170 Evading military or naval service.......................................................................170 Definitions .........................................................................................................170 Seditious libel or party to seditious assembly ...................................................171 Penalty for piracy ..............................................................................................171 Treason .............................................................................................................171 Concealment of treason ....................................................................................172 Prosecution for treason .....................................................................................172 Definition of overt act ........................................................................................173 Causing disaffection in Police Force .................................................................173 Unauthorised use of police uniforms .................................................................174 Libel ..................................................................................................................174 Defamatory matter defined ...............................................................................174 Publication of defamatory matter ......................................................................175 Defamatory publication unlawful unless privileged............................................175 Absolute privilege good defence .......................................................................175 Conditional privilege on publication in good faith ..............................................176 Absence of good faith .......................................................................................178 Circumstances showing good faith ...................................................................178 Newspaper proprietor presumed responsible ...................................................178 Newspaper proprietor’s general authority to manage, when negligence...........179 Protection of innocent seller of newspaper .......................................................179 Protection of the innocent seller of book or periodical.......................................179 Sale by employee .............................................................................................179 Plea of justification of libel .................................................................................180 Penalty for intentional libel ................................................................................181 Penalty for negligent libel ..................................................................................181 Defaming or insulting the Crown .......................................................................181 Sale of pornographic material ...........................................................................181 Public benefit good defence ..............................................................................182 Public election ...................................................................................................182 Intimidation .......................................................................................................182 Irregularity no defence ......................................................................................182 Corruption, intimidation, personation as to election ..........................................183 False declaration or the like for voting at election .............................................183 Falsifying, damaging or destroying voting paper or thing used at election ........183 False count or return of votes as to election .....................................................184 Preventing or disturbing election by force, threats, crime .................................184 Voting or offering to vote unlawfully ..................................................................184 Definition of rioting ............................................................................................184