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Cap.3.01
Criminal Code
Laws of Saint Lucia
Revision Date: 31 Dec. 2005
(3)
Where the defence—
(a) under subsection (2)(a) is established, the accused shall be
discharged by the Court;
(b) under subsection (2)(b) is established, the provisions of
this Code relating to mental disorder shall apply.
(4)
Despite sections 56 and 57 of this Part, intoxication shall be
taken into account for the purpose of determining whether the
person charged had formed any intention, specific or otherwise,
in the absence of which he or she would not be guilty of the
offence.
(5)
For the purposes of this section, “intoxication” includes a state
produced or induced by narcotics or drugs.
Use of force and self-defence
29.
AIDER MAY JUSTIFY SAME FORCE AS PERSON AIDED
Any person who aids another person in a justifiable use of force is
justified to the same extent and under the same conditions as that
other person.
30.
ARREST WITH OR WITHOUT PROCESS FOR CRIME
(1)
A person may—
(a) with or without warrant or other legal process, arrest and
detain another person whom he or she knows to have
committed an indictable offence;
(b) if the other person, having notice or knowing that he or
she is accused of an indictable offence, avoids arrest by
resistance or flight or escapes or endeavours to escape
from custody,
use any force which is necessary for the arrest, detention or
recapture, and may kill that other person if that other person
cannot otherwise be arrested, detained, or retaken by any other
means.
(2)
A person duly authorised by warrant or other legal process to
arrest or detain a person for committing an indictable offence
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