20 Cap.3.01 Criminal Code Laws of Saint Lucia Revision Date: 31 Dec. 2005 772. 773. 774. 775. 776. 777. 778. Summary trials generally. Power to adjourn and remand .................................357 Procedure .........................................................................................................357 Complaint for offence triable either on indictment or summarily .......................358 Summary trial of complaint against adult for certain indictable offences ...........359 Reduction of charge from indictable to summary offence .................................361 Summary trial of child other than for murder .....................................................362 Summary trial of young person with his or her consent ....................................363 PART 5 364 PRELIMINARY INQUIRIES AND COMMITTAL PROCEEDINGS 364 SUB-PART A ....................................................................................................... 364 Jurisdiction ........................................................................................................... 364 779. 780. 781. 782. Proceedings in case of suspected offence ........................................................364 Proceedings in case of absconding accused ....................................................365 District in which to hold preliminary inquiry .......................................................365 Power to transfer inquiry as to offence committed out of limit of jurisdiction .....367 SUB-PART B ....................................................................................................... 367 Proceedings to Compel Appearance of Accused and Witness ........................... 367 783. 784. 785. 786. 787. 788. 789. 790. 791. 792. 793. 794. 795. 796. 797. 798. 799. 800. 801. 802. 803. 804. 805. 806. 807. 808. Order to bring up inmate for trial or inquiry .......................................................367 Issue of summons or warrants ..........................................................................368 Issue and contents of summons .......................................................................368 Service of summons generally ..........................................................................368 Service on companies, partnership, or the like, or on person on vessel ...........369 Proof of service generally .................................................................................369 Issue of warrant ................................................................................................370 Proceedings on arrest .......................................................................................370 Order to bring up inmate as witness .................................................................370 Issue and contents of summons to witness ......................................................371 Service and proof of service of, summons on witness ......................................371 Warrant for witness disobeying summons or avoiding service ..........................371 Warrant for witness in first instance ..................................................................371 Witness arrested; ow dealt with ........................................................................372 Discharge or committal for trial .........................................................................372 Taking depositions of witnesses and statement of accused .............................373 Committal for trial without consideration of evidence ........................................374 Written statements before magistrate ...............................................................375 Committal of accused .......................................................................................376 Discharge of accused .......................................................................................376 Bail or committal to correctional facility of accused ...........................................377 Transmission of documents to Registrar...........................................................377 Power of Director of Public Prosecutions ..........................................................377 Directions by Director of Public Prosecutions ...................................................378 Proceedings consequent on direction of Director of Public Prosecutions .........378 Director of Public Prosecutions to order committal of accused .........................379 PART 6 380 INDICTABLE TRIALS 380 SUB-PART A ....................................................................................................... 380