4 Cap.3.01 Criminal Code Laws of Saint Lucia Revision Date: 31 Dec. 2005 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. Presumption of mental disorder ..........................................................................47 Intoxication, when an excuse ..............................................................................47 Aider may justify same force as person aided ....................................................48 Arrest with or without process for crime ..............................................................48 Arrest, etc., other than for indictable offence ......................................................49 Bona fide assistant and correctional officer ........................................................49 Bona fide execution of defective warrant or process...........................................49 Reasonable use of force in self-defence .............................................................50 Defence of property, possession of right.............................................................50 Force to repel trespasser ....................................................................................50 Force to remove trespasser ................................................................................51 Force for recovery of possession of goods .........................................................51 Defence of right...................................................................................................51 Unlawful fight not justifiable ................................................................................51 Force against interferer .......................................................................................51 Force in execution of a sentence ........................................................................52 Force to preserve order ......................................................................................52 Preservation of order on vessel ..........................................................................52 Force within statutory authority justifiable ...........................................................52 Force against riotous or unlawful assembly ........................................................52 Automatism .........................................................................................................53 Duress of circumstance ......................................................................................53 Duress by threat..................................................................................................54 Necessity ............................................................................................................54 Proof of defence of automatism, duress or necessity .........................................55 PART 3 55 LIABILITY AND MENS REA 55 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. Causing event by involuntary agent ....................................................................55 Several persons causing event ...........................................................................56 Event caused by intervening circumstances .......................................................56 Liability for attempts and negligence or recklessness .........................................56 Intent ...................................................................................................................57 Transferred Intention...........................................................................................57 Definition of negligence.......................................................................................57 Negligence where act likely to cause unjustifiable event ....................................58 Recklessness ......................................................................................................58 Definition of threat ...............................................................................................58 PART 4 59 PARTICIPATION AND INCHOATE OFFENCES 59 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. Aiding and abetting a crime ................................................................................59 Aiding and abetting crime within, from outside jurisdiction ..................................59 Aiding and abetting crime committed ..................................................................60 Punishment where crime aided and abetted is not committed ............................60 Punishment where different crime is committed..................................................60 Aiding and abetting riot, etc. ...............................................................................61 Trial of accomplices ............................................................................................61 Trial of more than one accomplice ......................................................................61 Exemption, etc. available for any accomplice irrespective of others ...................61 Punishment for aiding and abetting.....................................................................61 Punishment for non-prevention of crime .............................................................62 Conspiracy to commit crime ................................................................................62 Conspiracy to aid and abet a crime.....................................................................62