PRESS RELEASE – “Know you laws” is a production of the Press Office of the Royal St Lucia Police Force.
For all sporting enthusiast out there, Did You Know, according to the Criminal Code of Saint Lucia 2008.
- OFFENCES RELATING TO DESIGNATED SPORTING EVENTS
(1) A person who, at a designated sporting event, throws, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, a missile of a kind that is capable of causing injury—
(a) at or towards any area in which spectators or other persons are or may be present; or
(b) at or towards the playing area or any area adjacent to the playing area to which spectators are not generally admitted, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $5,000 or to imprisonment for 2 years or both.
(2) A person who at a designated sporting event, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, (proof of which lies on him or her), goes on to—
(a) the playing area; or
(b) any area adjacent to the playing area to which spectators are not generally admitted, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $5,000 or to imprisonment for 2 years or both.
(3)
(a) A person who, in contravention of a prohibition by the organizers of a designated sporting event, has in his or her possession a bottle or other article made of glass—
(i) while entering or trying to enter the premises where the event is being held, or
(ii) during the event while being a spectator, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $5,000 or to imprisonment for 2 years or both.
(b) Where any police officer has reasonable cause to suspect that a person hasconcealed in hisor her possession a bottle or other article made of glass in contravention ofparagraph (a), he or she may search that person and take whatever action is necessary in accordance with this Code.
(4)
(a) A person shall not, without the authority of the organizers of a designated sporting event, sell, offer to sell, or expose for sale, a ticket for that event—
(i) in the course of trade or business, or
(ii) in any public or other place.
(b) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term of 6 months.
(5) The Minister responsible for sport may by order designate a sporting event, or a sporting event of a particular description, for the purposes of this section.
(6)
(a) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, the Court may make an order prohibiting that person from entering any premises for the purpose of attending one or more designated sporting events.
(b) The Court shall make an order under paragraph (a) if it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that making the order will help to prevent violence or disorder at or in connection with designated sporting events.
(7)
(a) In this section “designated sporting event” means a sporting event, or a sporting event of a particular description, designated by order under subsection (5).
(b) References in this section to things done at a designated sporting event include anything done at the ground where the sporting event is scheduled to take place at a particular time—
(i) within the period beginning 4 hours before the time at which the event is advertised to start and ending 2 hours after the end of the event, or
(ii) Where the event is advertised to start at a particular time on a particular day but does not take place on that day, within the period beginning 4 hours before and ending 2 hours after the advertised starting time of the event.
This has been “Know Your Laws”. We at the Royal Saint Lucia Police force encourage the citizenry to read and study the laws which governs our society. Never forget that knowledge is power.
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