Laws of Saint Lucia Criminal Code Cap.3.01 23 Revision Date: 31 Dec. 2005 915. 916. 917. 918. 919. 920. 921. 922. 923. 924. Defence Counsel to declare intentions .............................................................418 Defence by counsel and caution to undefended accused .................................418 Opening of case and examining witnesses for defence ....................................419 Reply for prosecution ........................................................................................419 Judge’s duties and powers ...............................................................................419 Summing up by Judge ......................................................................................420 Jury’s duties and powers ..................................................................................420 Consideration of verdict ....................................................................................420 Verdicts .............................................................................................................421 Precautions against undue communication with jury during retirement ............421 SUB-PART B ........................................................................................................ 422 The Jury ............................................................................................................... 422 925. 926. 927. 928. 929. 930. 931. 932. 933. 934. 935. 936. 937. 938. 939. 940. 941. 942. 943. 944. 945. 946. 947. 948. 949. 950. 951. 952. 953. 954. 955. 956. 957. 958. 959. 960. 961. 962. 963. 964. Qualification ......................................................................................................422 Disqualification ..................................................................................................422 Exemption from service ....................................................................................423 Disqualification or exemption when to be claimed ............................................423 Judge may direct sheriff to strike name ............................................................423 Aliens as jurors .................................................................................................423 Preliminary List .................................................................................................423 Publication of list ...............................................................................................424 Revision of list ...................................................................................................425 Magistrate to certify and transmit to Registrar copy of list.................................425 Appeal...............................................................................................................425 The Juror’s Book ...............................................................................................426 Summoning of jurors .........................................................................................426 Only one person to be summoned from each place of business ......................427 Omission of juror believed absent or dead ........................................................427 Presumption of regularity and lawfulness of panel ............................................428 Copy of panel to be delivered to Registrar ........................................................428 Service of summons to juror .............................................................................428 Order to summon tales on exhaustion of panel ................................................429 Summoning of jury for adjourned sitting on discharge of jury for nonagreement.........................................................................................................429 Calling jurors to empanel a jury.........................................................................429 Drawing a jury ...................................................................................................430 Trial of successive issues by same jury ............................................................430 Number of jury ..................................................................................................431 Counting and swearing of jury...........................................................................431 Swearing of jury collectively ..............................................................................431 Jury to be sworn to give true verdict .................................................................431 Election of foreperson .......................................................................................432 Alternate jurors..................................................................................................432 Challenge to the panel, when to be made .........................................................432 Grounds, etc. of challenge to the panel ............................................................433 Challenge to the polls .......................................................................................433 Grounds and mode of challenge for cause .......................................................433 Trial of challenge for cause ...............................................................................434 Peremptory challenges .....................................................................................434 Joining or severing challenges on trial of several persons ................................435 Tales .................................................................................................................435 Power of Court to discharge jury without verdict ...............................................435 Procedure where juror dies, becomes incapable or is absent...........................436 Power of Court to discharge non-neutral juror, sworn or not.............................436