40 Cap.3.01 Criminal Code Laws of Saint Lucia Revision Date: 31 Dec. 2005 “public officer” or “public official” includes a person employed in the public service; “public place” or “public premises” includes any public way, building, place or conveyance to which the public are entitled or permitted to have access either without condition or upon condition of making any payment, and any building or place which is used for any public or religious meeting or assembly or as a Court; “public service” means service in a civil capacity of Government; “public way” includes any highway, market place, square, street, bridge, or other way which is lawfully used by the public; “send” includes causing, or attempting in any manner to cause a thing to be received by a person; “sentence” includes an order; “special defence” includes the defence of alibi, duress, automatism, necessity, insanity or any defence tending to affect the question of liability of the accused; “sum adjudged to be paid by order” includes any compensation or costs adjudged to be paid by the order, the amount of which is fixed by the order; “summary offence” means any offence punishable on summary conviction under this Code, or under any other enactment; “threat” has the meaning assigned to it in section 61; “town” includes any village under the Local Authorities Act 1887; “trust” includes the acquiring, holding, receiving, or having control over, or being in any manner entrusted with, any property for or belonging to another person, including property which belonged to a deceased person at the time of his or her death; “trustee” means a trustee of an express trust created by any deed, will or instrument in writing, or by parol, or otherwise, and includes the heir or personal representative