48 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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