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Britain, St Lucia agree on prisoner transfer

St. Lucia Star Online: "The others included Civil Status Amendment, Civil Code Amendment, St Lucia Development Bank and Castries Corporation Amendment. Prime Minister Stephenson King said the prisoner transfer agreement was long overdue legislation. “In a case where a British citizen commits a crime in St Lucia, the St Lucian government under this agreement can communicate with Britain and inform them that it is our desire to have that prisoner transferred,” said the PM. “On the other hand Britain must agree to accept the prisoner and once they have agreed then the transfer can take place.” The transfer must be within certain guidelines. This includes agreement of the prisoner to the transfer. “The prisoner is a national of the receiving state for the purposes of this agreement. Therefore we can only ask Britain to accept a British. We cannot ask Britain to accept a French national,” said King"..............

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