22 Cap.3.01 Criminal Code Laws of Saint Lucia Revision Date: 31 Dec. 2005 862. 863. 864. 865. 866. 867. 868. 869. 870. 871. 872. 873. 874. 875. 876. 877. 878. 879. 880. 881. 882. 883. 884. 885. 886. 887. 888. 889. 890. 891. 892. 893. 894. 895. 896. 897. 898. 899. 900. 901. 902. 903. 904. 905. 906. 907. 908. 909. 910. 911. 912. 913. 914. Objection of substance or to jurisdiction ...........................................................398 Objection without plea.......................................................................................398 Special defence ................................................................................................399 Special pleas.....................................................................................................399 Autrefois acquit or convict and pardon pleaded together ..................................399 Discharge of accused on plea of autrefois convict ............................................400 Previous acquittal or conviction, a bar to charge with additions tending to increase punishment .........................................................................................400 Acquittal or conviction for murder a bar to second charge of manslaughter and vice versa ...................................................................................................401 Use of deposition and Judge’s notes to try plea of autrefois acquit or convict...............................................................................................................401 Proceeding on pleas other than plea of guilty ...................................................401 Trial of fresh issues on pleas other than plea of not guilty ................................402 Trial to be on indictment....................................................................................402 Trial to be by Judge and jury .............................................................................402 Same procedure for all offences except treason ...............................................402 Non-appearance of accused .............................................................................402 Forfeiture of recognizance of accused and sureties..........................................403 Power to adjourn and directions to jury .............................................................403 Formal adjournment not necessary...................................................................404 Bail of accused or witnesses on adjournment ...................................................404 Defects, omissions, variances...........................................................................404 Insertion, or change of count to meet plea ........................................................405 Terms and conditions of amendments ..............................................................405 Correction of errors ...........................................................................................406 Order to bring up inmate in custody for the other cause ...................................406 Right of accused to have indictment read .........................................................406 Accused to appear and plead ...........................................................................406 Accused committed for sentence to plead ........................................................407 No pleading to previous conviction count. Exception ........................................407 No plea in abatement ........................................................................................407 Competent pleas ...............................................................................................407 Jury to find if accused capable to plead and take his or her trial .......................407 Giving accused in charge to jury .......................................................................408 Deposition signed by magistrate to be evidence ...............................................408 Evidence at former trial similarly admissible .....................................................409 Evidence of possession of stolen property and of previous convictions............409 Jury to determine issues as to previous conviction ...........................................410 Previous conviction, how proved.......................................................................410 Judge to take notes of evidence .......................................................................411 Order to bring up inmate witness ......................................................................411 Summons to witness .........................................................................................411 Service of summons to witness.........................................................................412 Court to order prosecution to call witness .........................................................412 Court to dispense with production of medical or other witness .........................412 Witness for prosecution not previously examined .............................................412 Witnesses to be outside Courtroom ..................................................................413 Refractory witness ............................................................................................413 Disclosure by the prosecutor ............................................................................414 Voluntary Disclosure by accused ......................................................................415 Application by accused for disclosure ...............................................................416 Continuing duty of prosecutor to disclose .........................................................417 Faults of disclosure by accused ........................................................................417 Opening case and evidence for prosecution .....................................................417 Powers of Court at close of prosecution ...........................................................418