Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

CHAPTER FIRST
GENERAL PROVISIONS

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    1508.   The contract of lease or hire relates to property or work, or both combined.

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    1509.   The lease or hire of property is a contract by which one of the parties, called the lessor, grants to the other, called the lessee, the enjoyment of property, during a certain time, for a rent or price which the latter binds himself to pay, either expressly or by implication.

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    1510.   The lease or hire of work is a contract by which one of the parties, called the lessor, obliges himself to do certain work for the other, called the lessee, for a price which the latter binds himself to pay, either expressly or by implication.

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    1511.   The capacity to enter into a contract of lease or hire is governed by the general rules relating to the capacity to contract, contained in Chapter One of the Book respecting Obligations.