Criminal Code Act

1 Short title 64 Taking command of armed force

2 Offences 65 Setting fire to or destroying State property 3 – 66 Plundering public property with armed BOOK I – PENALTIES band

4 Crimes 67 Harbouring armed band

5 Misdemeanours 68 Withdrawing from armed band

6 Contraventions 69 Interpretation of “arms” 7 – 70 Saving for offences amounting to high

8 Fines and forfeitures treason 9-10 – 71 Inciting to high treason

11 Penal servitude 72 Failing to reveal plot against the State

12 Imprisonment 73 Penalty for failing to reveal plot of high

13 Recidivism treason 14-36 – 74 Penalty for failing to reveal plot other than BOOK II – PERSONS PUNISHABLE, of high treason EXCUSABLE OR 75 Penalty not applicable to relative of plotter RESPONSIBLE 76 Penalty not applicable to plotter in certain

37 Accomplices cases

38 Giving instructions and aiding and abetting 76A Prohibition on the use of Arms of Mauritius

39 Harbouring offenders CHAPTER II – OFFENCES BY PUBLIC

39A Culpable Omission OFFICERS

40 Possession of property obtained 77 Abuse of authority by public officer unlawfully 78 Torture by public official

41 Possession of property bearing mark of 79 Public officer flouting claim of illegal Government or third party detention

42 Insanity 80 Arbitrary detention by public officer

43 Excuse and mitigation of penalty 81 Public officer detaining person in

44 Minor under 14 acting without discernment unauthorised place

45 Minor under 14 acting with discernment 82 Conspiracy by public officers to flout the 46-49 – law BOOK III – CRIMES AND 83 Public officer resigning with intent to MISDEMEANOURS paralyse public service TITLE I – OFFENCES AGAINST THE 84 Violation of domicile by public officer STATE 85 – CHAPTER I – OFFENCES OF A PUBLIC 86 Violence by public officer NATURE 87 –

50 Inducing or compelling President in the 88 Public officer ordering use of force to exercise of any lawful power prevent operation of law

51 Stirring up war against the State 89 Penalty where order is executed 52-56 – 90 Penalty not applicable for acting under

57 Plotting with foreign power order of superior

58 Causing risk of war 91 Penalty where order provokes serious

59 Exposing citizen to reprisal crime

60 Inciting citizen to rise up in arms CHAPTER III – CRIMES AND

61 Inciting officer to mutiny MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST THE

62 Stirring up civil war PUBLIC PEACE

92 Counterfeiting gold or silver coin 142 Remaining in unlawful assembly after

93 Imitating gold or silver coin warning

94 Dealing in and importing counterfeit gold 143 Taking part in riot or silver coin 144 Interpretation of “rebellion”

95 Knowingly offering counterfeit gold or 145 Rebellion by more than 20 armed persons silver coin 146 Rebellion by 3 but not more than 20

96 Knowingly uttering counterfeit gold or armed persons silver coin 147 Rebellion by less than 3 armed persons

97 Making or possessing instrument used for 148 Rebellion by band or mob counterfeiting gold or silver coin 149 Interpretation of “armed meeting”

98 Counterfeiting copper coin 150 Carrying concealed arms

99 Forfeiture of counterfeit coin and 151 Penalty for offence committed during instrument rebellion

100 Counterfeiting seal, mark or bank note 152 Inciting rebellion

101 Counterfeiting court seal 153 Fine for rebellion

102 Unlawful use of seal 154 Rebellious meeting

103 Counterfeiting mark of Government or 155 Rebellion by prisoner trader 156 Outrage against depositary of public

104 Altering Government mark authority

105 Altering manufacturer’s label 157 Outrage against commander of civil or

105A Electronic document or writing military authorities

106 Forgery by public officer 158 Assault against Member of the Assembly

107 Fraudulent alteration of public document or judicial officer

108 Forgery by private individual of public or 159 Assault against agent of civil or military commercial writing authorities

109 Making use of forged public writing 160 Assault with wounding or premeditation

110 Sections 106-109 not applicable to 161 – passport 162 Witness giving false excuse

111 Forgery of private writing 163 Penalty for responsible officer in case of

112 Making use of forged private writing escape of prisoner

113 Sections 111 and 112 not applicable to 164 Aiding prisoner charged with certificate covered by sections 117-119 misdemeanour

114 Forgery of passport 165 Aiding prisoner charged with crime

115 Public officer delivering unauthorised 166 Aiding prisoner to escape by violence passport 167 Third party aiding prisoner to escape by 116 – violence

117 Forgery of medical certificate 168 Aiding prisoner to escape by supply of

118 Medical officer issuing false certificate arms

119 Forgery and making use of character 169 Supplying prisoner with instrument for certificate escape

120 Forgery and making use of other forged 170 Escaping from legal custody certificate 171 Penalty not applicable in case of

121 Fine for forgery negligence of responsible officer

122 Embezzlement and larceny by public 172 Harbouring criminal officer or notary 173 Failing to prevent breaking of Government

123 Embezzlement and larceny of deed by seal public officer 174 Penalty where seal relates to criminal

124 Extortion by public officer proceedings 125 – 133A Repealed 175 Breaking of seal relating to criminal 134-136– proceedings

137 Public officer exercising functions without 176 Breaking of other seal lawful authority 177 Larceny by breaking of seal

138 Offences by public officers 178 Failing to prevent purloining of document

139 Taking part in unlawful assembly entrusted to depositary

140 Having offensive weapon at unlawful 179 Purloining of document from place of assembly public deposit

141 Dispersing unlawful assembly 180 Breaking of seal, and purloining of document, by violence

181 Damaging monument 229 Assault with premeditation

181A Protection of flag 230 Assault

182 Usurping public function 231 Assault upon father or mother

182A Unlawful wearing of uniform 232 Assault by seditious gathering

183 Interference with freedom of conscience 233 Dealing in offensive weapon

184 Disturbing religious ceremony 233A Sale or offer for sale of offensive

185 Outrage on religious worship instrument in the open

186 Assaulting and outraging minister of 233B Sale or offer for sale of offensive religion instrument to person under 12

187 Penalty not applicable where there is a 234 Castration severer penalty 235 Abortion

188 Association of malefactors 236 Administering noxious substance

189 Interpretation of “association of 237 Selling adulterated liquor malefactors” 238 Selling unwholesome medicine

190 Ringleader of association of malefactors 239 Involuntary homicide and wounds and

191 Forming part of, and aiding or harbouring, blows association of malefactors 240 Manslaughter and wounds and blows 192-195– under provocation

196 Begging 241 Manslaughter and wounds and blows in

197 Begging with threat defence of property by day

198 Interpretation of “vagrant” 242 Manslaughter in case of adultery 199-200– 243 Castration under provocation

201 Begging with violence 244 Penalty in case of excusable offence

202 Publishing matter without description of 245 Homicide and wounds and blows under author lawful authority

203 Penalty applicable for revealing author of 246 Homicide and wounds and blows in self writing defence

204 Publishing matter conducive to crime 247 Interpretation of “self defence”

205 Forfeiture of publication 248 Indecent act in public

206 Outrage against public and religious 249 Rape, attempt upon chastity and illegal morality sexual intercourse

207 Penalty applicable for revealing author of 250 Sodomy and bestiality outrage against religion 251 Debauching youth

208 Penalty applicable to author of outrage 252 Interdiction from guardianship against religion 253 Procuring, enticing and exploiting

209 Penalty for assisting illegal publication prostitute 210-213– 254 Sexual harassment

214 Binding person to engage in breach of 255-256 – public order 257 Bigamy TITLE II – OFFENCES AGAINST 258 Unlawful arrest, detention and INDIVIDUALS sequestration CHAPTER I – OFFENCES AGAINST 259 Penalty for unlawful arrest in certain cases THE PERSON 260 Family abandonment

215 Interpretation of “manslaughter” 261 Failure to pay alimony

216 Interpretation of “murder” 262 Change of domicile

217 Interpretation of “premeditation” 262A -

218 Interpretation of “lying in wait” 263 - 219 – 264 -

220 Murder of newly born child and infanticide 265 - 221 – 266 -

222 Penalty for murder and infanticide 267 -

223 Penalty for manslaughter 268 -

224 Demanding by written threat of violence 269 -

225 Threatening in writing 270 -

226 Threatening verbally 271 -

227 Demanding by threat of false accusation 272 Burying corpse without lawful authority

228 Assault with aggravating circumstance 273 Concealing corpse 228A Assault with corrosive substance

274 Declaration in case of sudden or violent 317 Interpretation of “external breaking” death 318 Interpretation of “internal breaking”

275 Violating tomb 319 Interpretation of “scaling”

276 Giving false evidence in case of crime 320 Interpretation of “false key”

277 Giving false evidence in case of 321 Counterfeiting key misdemeanour 322 Larceny of obligatory writing and

278 Giving false evidence in civil matter purloining seizure

279 Giving false evidence for reward 323 Enticing away servant

280 Subornation of perjury 323A Falsely obtaining credit

280A Interference with witnesses and potential 324-329 – witnesses 330 Swindling

281 Giving false evidence on decisory oath 330A Dealing unlawfully in lottery ticket

282 Stirring up racial hatred 330B Issuing cheque without provision

283 Sedition 331 Breach of trust of minor

284 Inciting to disobedience or resistance to 332 Fraudulently using unsigned document law 333 Embezzlement

285 Interpretation of “publication” 333A Embezzlement of security or charge

286 Importing seditious publication 334 Removing document produced in Court

287 Suspending publication of newspaper 335 – containing seditious publication 336 Pawnbroking and money lending without

287A Prohibiting circulation of seditious lawful authority publication 337 Hindering judicial sale

287B Penalty for seditious publication 338 Speculating fraudulently

288 Interpretation of “defamation” 339 Penalty for speculating in certain cases

289 Publication of reply by newspaper 340-342 –

290 Privilege for court proceedings 343 Deceiving purchaser

291 Criminal intimidation 344 Failing to honour public contract 292-295 – 345 Public officer assisting defaulting

296 Insult contractor 296A – 346 Arson

297 False and malicious denunciation in 347 Arson causing death writing 348 Threatening arson

298 Effecting public mischief 349 Damaging public property, private

299 Publishing false news enterprise or vehicle

300 Disclosing professional secret 350 Hindering public works by force

300A Data protection and security 351 Destroying document CHAPTER II – OFFENCES AGAINST 352 Damaging property by band PROPERTY 353 Damaging goods used for manufacture

301 Larceny 354 Damaging crop

301A Penalty for other larcenies 355 Damaging tree

302 Larceny of produce of soil 356 Damaging agricultural product

303 Larceny with wounding 357 Damaging agricultural instrument

304 Larceny with violence by night breaking 358 Poisoning animal

305 Larceny with other aggravating 359 Killing animal circumstance 360 Injuring animal

306 Larceny by night breaking 361 Penalty for offence by keeper of animal

307 Penalty for extortion 362 Damaging enclosure

308 Looting 363 Damaging building

309 Larceny with breaking and larceny by 364 Flooding road or property servant 365 Damaging property by fire

310 Larceny with violence 366 Failing to notify of infected animal

311 Penalty for recidivism in larceny 367 Allowing infected animal to communicate

312 Interpretation of “dwelling house” with others

313 Interpretation of “enclosure” 368 Permitting contagion of disease

314 Interpretation of “enclosure” and of 369 Damaging goods and chattels “appurtenance of dwelling house” 369A Repealed

315 Interpretation of “breaking” 369B Repealed

316 External and internal breaking BOOK IV – CONTRAVENTIONS PART I – FIRST CLASS 382 Second class contraventions CONTRAVENTIONS 383 – 370-377 – 384 Forfeiture of object of second class

378 First class contraventions contraventions

379 Forfeiture of object of first class PART III – THIRD CLASS contraventions CONTRAVENTIONS

380 Imprisonment in certain cases 385 Third class contraventions

381 Penalty for recidivism 386 – PART II – SECOND CLASS 387 Forfeiture of object of third class CONTRAVENTIONS contraventions ______________ PRELIMINARY

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code.

2 Offences Offences which the law punishes are crimes, misdemeanours or contraventions. 3 – BOOK I – PENALTIES

4 Crimes Crimes are offences punishable by – (a) penal servitude; (b) a fine exceeding 5,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 31/95; 5/99]

5 Misdemeanours (1) Misdemeanours are offences punishable by – (a) imprisonment for a term exceeding 10 days; (b) a fine exceeding 5,000 rupees. (2) Where the punishment of imprisonment is imposed, the Court may inflict that punishment with or without hard labour. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

6 Contraventions Contraventions are offences punishable by – (a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 days; (b) a fine not exceeding 5,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 5/99] 7 –

8 Fines and forfeitures Fines and forfeitures, whether of the corpus delicti where it is the property of the prisoner, or of the things produced by the offence, or of those things which have been used, or have been intended to be used for committing an offence, are punishments common to crimes, misdemeanours and contraventions. 9-10 –

11 Penal servitude (1) The punishment of penal servitude is imposed for life or for a minimum term of 3 years. (2) Where in any enactment the punishment of penal servitude is imposed without a term being specified, the maximum term for which the punishment may be imposed is 30 years. [Amended 1/85]

12 Imprisonment Where in any enactment the punishment of imprisonment is provided for an offence without a term being specified, the term for which imprisonment may be imposed may exceed 10 days but shall not exceed 5 years. [Amended 1/85]

13 Recidivism Where any person – (a) commits a crime within the 10 years following his conviction for a crime; (b) commits a misdemeanour within the 5 years following his conviction for a crime; or (c) commits a misdemeanour within the 5 years following his condemnation to imprisonment for one year or more for a misdemeanour, the Court in passing sentence shall take into consideration the previous conviction or condemnation, and may inflict a penalty exceeding by one third the maximum penalty fixed for such crime or misdemeanour. 14-36 – BOOK II – PERSONS PUNISHABLE, EXCUSABLE OR RESPONSIBLE

37 Accomplices Les complices d’un crime ou d’un délit Except where otherwise provided in seront punis du même genre de peine, ou any enactment, the accomplices in a crime de l’une des peines applicables à ce crime or misdemeanour shall be punished with the ou à ce délit, pour le temps qui sera same kind of punishment, or one of the déterminé par le jugement, sauf les cas où punishments applicable to the crime or la loi en aurait disposé autrement. misdemeanour, for the time that shall be fixed by the sentence. [Amended 31/95]

38 Giving instructions and aiding and abetting (1) Seront punis comme complices d’une (1) Any person who, by gift, promise, action qualifiée crime ou délit, ceux qui par menace, abuse of authority or power, dons, promesses, menaces, abus d’autorité machination or culpable artifice instigates, or ou de pouvoir, machinations ou artifices gives any instruction for, the commission of coupables, auront provoqué à cette action, a crime or misdemeanour shall be punished ou donné des instructions pour la as an accomplice in the crime or commettre. misdemeanour. (2) Seront ainsi punis ceux qui (2) Any person who procures arms, auront procuré des armes, des instruments, instruments, or any other means used in the ou tout autre moyen qui aura servi à l’action, commission of a crime or misdemeanour, sachant qu’ils devaient y servir. knowing that they were to be so used, shall be deemed an accomplice. (3) Seront ainsi punis ceux qui (3) Any person who knowingly aids auront, avec connaissance, aidé ou assisté and abets the author of any crime or l’auteur de l’action, dans les faits qui l’auront misdemeanour in the means of preparing, preparée ou facilitée ou dans ceux qui facilitating or perpetrating the crime or l’auront consommée, sans préjudice des misdemeanour, shall be deemed an peines qui seront spécialement portées par accomplice, without prejudice to the la loi contre les auteurs de complots ou de punishments specially provided by law provocations attentatoires à la sûreté against the authors of plots or of instigations intérieure ou extérieure de l’Etat, même to offences affecting the internal or external dans le cas où le crime, qui était l’objet des safety of the State, even in cases where the conspirateurs ou des provocateurs, n’aurait crime which was the object of the pas été commis. conspirators or instigators has not been committed.

39 Harbouring offenders Ceux qui, connaissant la conduite Any person who knows of the criminal criminelle des malfaiteurs exerçant en conduct of offenders plundering in bands or bandes des brigandages ou des violences committing outrages against the safety of contre la sûreté de l’Etat, la paix publique, the State, the public peace, persons, or les personnes ou les propriétés, leur property, habitually provides them with fournissent habituellement logement, lieu de lodging, a place of retreat or of meeting, retraite ou de réunion, seront punis comme shall be punished as an accomplice. leurs complices.

39A Culpable Omission (1) Quiconque pouvant empêcher par (1) Any person who is able to take son action immediate, sans risque prompt action, without risk to himself pour lui ni pour les tiers, soit un or to a third party, so as to prevent fait qualifié crime, soit un délit the commission of a crime, or a contre l’intégrité corporelle de la misdemeanour which is an offence personne, s’abstient against persons, and who willfully volontairement de le faire, fails to do so, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees and by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. (2) Quiconque, s’abstient (2) Any person who willfully omits to volontairement de porter à une provide to a person in danger such personne en peril l’assistance que, assistance as he could, without any sans risque pour lui ni pour les risk to himself or to a third party, tiers, il pouvait lui porter, soit par provide to that person by his own son action personnelle soit en intervention or by calling for help, provoquant un secours, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees and by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. (3) Subsection (2) shall be in addition to and not in derogation of section 140 of the Road Traffic Act. [Added 24/06]

40 Possession of property obtained unlawfully Ceux qui, sciemment auront recélé, Any person who knowingly receives, en tout ou en partie, ou qui, sans excuse ou in whole or in part, or who without sufficient justification suffisante, seront trouvés avoir excuse or justification, is found to have in his en leur possession des choses enlevées, possession, articles carried off, abstracted détournées, ou obtenues à l’aide d’un crime or obtained by means of a crime or ou d’un délit seront considérés et punis misdemeanour shall be deemed to be an comme complices de ce crime ou de ce accomplice in the crime or misdemeanour. délit.

41 Possession of property bearing mark of Government or third party Ceux qui seront trouvés avoir en leur Any person who is found to have in possession tout objet quelconque provenant his possession any article forming part of des magasins ou ateliers du Gouvernement any store or manufactory of Government, et portant la marque affectée à un service and bearing the mark appropriated for any public quelconque, ou tout objet portant le public service, or any article bearing the nom ou la marque d’un tiers, ou qui auraient name or mark of a third party, or who has effacé les noms ou marques apposés sur erased the name or mark affixed on such les dits objets, sans pouvoir justifier qu’ils en article, without being able to prove that he is sont légitimes possesseurs, seront in lawful possession of the article shall be considérés et punis comme receleurs, lors deemed to be, and be punished as, a même que le vol des dits objets ne serait receiver of stolen goods, even though the pas prouvé. article is not proved to have been stolen

42 Insanity (1) There is neither crime nor (1) Il n’y a ni crime ni délit, lorsque le misdemeanour, where an accused person prévenu était en état de démence au temps was in a state of insanity at the time of the de l’action, ou lorsqu’il a été contraint par act, or where he has been compelled to une force à laquelle il n’a pu résister, et en commit such act by a force which he could conséquence il sera acquitté. not resist, and in consequence he shall be acquitted (2) In this section “insanity” includes mental disorder rendering the accused incapable of appreciating the nature and quality of the act or of knowing that it was wrong. [Amended 24/98]

43 Excuse and mitigation of penalty Nul crime ou délit ne peut être No crime or misdmeanour can be excusé, ni la peine mitigée, que dans les excused nor the punishment mitigated, cas et dans les circonstances où la loi except in the cases and circumstances déclare le fait excusable, ou permet de lui where the law declares the offence appliquer une peine moins rigoureuse. excusable, or permits the application of a less severe punishment.

44 Minor under 14 acting without discernment Lorsque l’accusé aura moins de 14 Where an accused person is under ans, s’il est décidé qu’il a agi sans the age of 14 and it is determined that he discernement, il sera acquitté, mais il sera, acted without discernment, he shall be selon les circonstances, remis à ses acquitted, but shall, according to the parents, ou conduit dans une maison de circumstances of his case, be handed over correction, pour y être élevé et détenu to his relations or placed in a reformatory to pendant tel nombre d’années que le be brought up and detained during such jugement déterminera, et qui toutefois ne number of years as the sentence may pourra excéder l’époque où il aura accompli determine, which period shall in no case sa 18ème année. exceed the period at which the accused will have reached the age of 18.

45 Minor under 14 acting with discernment S’il est décidé que l’accusé agé Where it is decided an accused de moins de 14 ans a agi avec person under the age of 14 acted with discernement, il sera condamné à discernment, he shall be condemned to l’emprisonnement dans une maison de imprisonment in a reformatory for such time correction, pour le temps qui sera determiné as shall be determined by the judgment. par le jugement. 46-49 – BOOK III – CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS TITLE I – OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE CHAPTER I – OFFENCES OF A PUBLIC NATURE

50 Inducing or compelling President in the exercise of any lawful power Any person who, by force or violence, induces or compels the President to exercise or refrain from exercising in any manner any of the powers vested in him by law, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to penal servitude for life. [Amended 42/93; 31/95]

51 Stirring up war against the State Any person who stirs up war against the State shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be sentenced to penal servitude for life. [Amended 42/93; 31/95] 52-56 –

57 Plotting with foreign power (1) Quiconque aura pratiqué des (1) Any person who devises any plot machinations ou entretenu des intelligences or keeps up intelligence with any foreign avec les puissances étrangères ou leur power or the agent of a foreign power in agents, pour les engager à commettre des order to move or stir it up to commit hostilités ou à entreprendre la guerre contre hostilities or levy war against the State, or to l’Etat, ou pour leur en procurer les moyens, procure for it the means of so doing, shall be punished by penal servitude for life and forfeiture of property. (2) Cette disposition aura lieu dans (2) The like punishment shall be le cas même où les dites machinations ou applied even though such plot or intelligence intelligences n’auraient pas été suivies has not been followed by hostilities. d’hostilités. [Amended 42/93; 31/95]

58 Causing risk of war Quiconque aura, par des actions Any person who, by any act of hostiles non approuvées par le hostility not sanctioned by the Government, Gouvernement, exposé l’Etat à une exposes the State to a declaration of war, déclaration de guerre, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years and, where war has followed, by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 15 years.

59 Exposing citizen to reprisal Quiconque aura, par des actions non Any person who by an act not approuvées par le Gouvernement, exposé sanctioned by the Government exposes any des citoyens du Commonwealth à éprouver Commonwealth citizen to meet with des représailles, reprisals, shall be punished by penal servitude.

60 Inciting citizen to rise up in arms L’attentat ou le complot dont le but Every attempt or plot the object of sera d’exciter les citoyens ou autres which is to excite the citizens or other habitants de Maurice à s’armer contre l’Etat, inhabitants of Mauritius to arm themselves against the State, shall be punished by penal servitude for life and forfeiture of property. [Amended 42/93; 31/95]

61 Inciting officer to mutiny Quiconque aura cherché à séduire, Any person who attempts to bribe, corrompre, ou détourner de leurs devoirs corrupt or seduce from his duty any officer des officiers ou toutes autres personnes au or other person belonging to the State’s land service de l’Etat dans les forces de terre ou or sea forces, or attempts to incite him to de mer, ou aura cherché à les exciter à la mutiny or disobedience, mutinerie ou à la désobéissance, shall be punished by penal servitude for life or for a term not exceeding 20 years. [Amended 42/93; 31/95]

62 Stirring up civil war L’attentat ou le complot dont le but Any attempt or plot, of which the sera, soit d’exciter la guerre civile en armant object is either to stir civil war by arming or ou en portant les habitants à s’armer les uns by inciting the inhabitants to arm themselves contre les autres, soit se porter la against one another, or carry devastation, dévastation, le massacre, ou le pillage dans massacre or plunder into one or more un ou plusieurs quartiers, districts, shall be punishable by penal servitude for life. [Amended 31/95]

63 Raising armed force Ceux qui – Any person who – (a) auront levé ou fait lever des (a) raises or causes to be troupes armées; raised any armed troops; (b) auront engagé ou enrôlé, (b) enlists or enrols or causes fait engager ou enrôler, des to be enlisted or enrolled soldats; any soldiers; (c) auront fourni ou procuré aux (c) supplies or furnishes soldats des armes ou muni- soldiers with arms or tions, sans ordre ou ammunition without the autorisa-tion de pouvoir order or sanction of lawful légitime; authority; (d) font partie de toute réunion (d) forms part of any meeting or ou assemblée dont l’objet assembly the object of serait d’exercer et former à which is to exercise or l’usage des armes ou à la instruct in the use of arms, pratique des exercices, the practice of military mouvements et évolutions exercises, movements, or militaires; ou revolutions; or (e) y donneront leur assistance, (e) lends aid thereunto, shall be punished by penal servitude.

64 Taking command of armed force Ceux qui – Any person who – (a) sans droit ou motif légitime, (a) without lawful right or auront pris le reason, takes the command commandement d’un corps of an armed force, troop, d’armée, d’une troupe, fleet, squadron, man of war, d’une flotte, d’une escadre, fortified place, post, port or d’un bâtiment de guerre, town; d’une place forte, d’un poste, d’un port, d’une ville; (b) continues to hold any (b) auront retenu, contre l’ordre military command against du Gouvernement, un com- the order of the mandement militaire quel- Government; or conque; ou (c) étant au commandement (c) being a commander keeps d’une armée ou d’une his army or troops embodied troupe rassemblée, après after the disbanding or que le licenciement ou la dismissing of the same has séparation en auront été been ordered, ordonnés, shall be punished by penal servitude for life or for a term not exceeding 20 years. [Amended 31/95]

65 Setting fire to or destroying State property Tout individu qui aura incendié Any person who sets fire to, or ou détruit, d’une manière quelconque des destroys in any way, any building, édifices, magasins, arsenaux, vaisseaux ou storehouse, arsenal, ship or vessel or any autres propriétés appartenant à l’Etat ou other property belonging to the State, or étant à son usage, being for the use of the State, shall be punished by penal servitude. [Amended 31/95]

66 Plundering public property with armed band (1) Any person who, for the purpose (1) Quiconque – of – (a) taking possession of any (a) pour envahir des domaines, public land, property or propriétés ou deniers money, or place, town, publics, places, villes, fortress, post, storehouse, forteresses, postes, arsenal, port, ship or vessel, magasins, arsenaux, ports, belonging to the State; vaisseaux ou bâtiments (b) plundering or sharing public appartenant à l’Etat; or national property, or the (b) pour piller ou partager des property of a body of propriétés publiques ou citizens; or natio-nales, ou celles d’une (c) attacking or resisting the géné-ralité de citoyens; ou civil or military authorities (c) pour faire attaque ou résis- emplo-yed against the tance envers la force authors of such crime, publique agissant contre les puts himself at the head of any armed band, auteurs de ces crimes, or exercises any function or command in an se sera mis à la tête des bandes armées ou armed band, shall be punished by penal y aura exercé une fonction ou un com- servitude. mandement quelconque, (2) La même peine sera appliquée à (2) The like punishment shall be ceux qui auront dirigé l’association, levé ou applied to those who head the association, fait lever, organisé ou fait organiser les levy or cause to be levied, organise or cause bandes, ou leur auront, sciemment et to be organised, any such band, or who volontairement, fourni ou procuré des knowingly and wilfully furnish or provide armes, munitions et instruments de crime, them with any arms, munitions, or ou envoyé des convois de subsistances, ou instruments of crime, or who send convoys qui auront, de toute autre manière, pratiqué of provisions, or who in any way, keep up des intelligences avec les directeurs ou any intelligence with the directors or commandants des bandes. commanders of such bands. (3) Les individus faisant partie des (3) Any person who forms part of bandes dont il est parlé aux sections 62 à 64 any armed band described in sections 62 to et 66 sans y exercer aucun commandement 64 and 66, without exercising any command ni emploi et qui auront été saisis sur les or function in the band and who is arrested lieux, on the spot, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. [R 2/83; Amended 48/91]

67 Harbouring armed band Ceux qui, connaissant le but et Any person who, knowing the le caractère des dites bandes, leur auront, object and nature of such an armed band, sans contrainte, fourni des logements, lieux without compulsion, furnishes it with lodging, de retraite ou de réunion, a place of retreat or meeting, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years.

68 Withdrawing from armed band Il ne sera prononcé aucune peine No punishment shall be pronounced contre ceux qui, ayant fait partie de ces against any person who, having formed part bandes, sans y exercer aucun of such an armed band, but without commandement, et sans y remplir aucun exercising any command or filling any office emploi ni fonction, se seront retirés au or function in it, withdraws on the first premier avertissement des autorités civiles intimation from any of the civil or military ou militaires, mais ils seront punis, dans ces authorities, but he shall incur in such cases cas, des crimes particuliers qu’ils auraient the penalties attached to the particular personnellement commis. crimes which he may have individually committed.

69 Interpretation of “arms” Sont compris dans le mot “armes” – “Arms” includes – (a) toutes machines, tous (a) any cutting, piercing, or instruments ou ustensiles bruising machine, tranchants, perçants ou instrument or weapon; contondants; (b) tous couteaux et ciseaux de (b) any pocket knife and poches, toutes cannes scissors and walking stick simples, qu’autant qu’il en which have been used for aura été fait usage pour killing, wounding, or striking. tuer, blesser, ou frapper.

70 Saving for offences amounting to high treason Il est toutefois entendu que rien de ce Nothing in sections 62 to 71 shall qui est contenu dans les sections 62 à 71 ne prevent any crime specified in these pourra empêcher qu’aucun des crimes qui y sections from being considered and sont prévus, ne soit considéré et puni punished as a crime of high treason comme crime de haute trahison, selon les according to the circumstances with which it circonstances dont il serait accompagné. may be attended.

71 Inciting to high treason Seront punis comme coupables Any person who, by words des crimes et complots mentionnés aux spoken in a public place or meeting, or by sections 50, 51, 57 à 70, tous ceux qui, soit posted placards, or by any writing or par discours tenus dans les lieux on printing, directly incites to the commission of réunions publics, soit par placards affichés, any of the crimes or plots mentioned in soit par des écrits ou des imprimés, auront sections 50, 51 and 57 to 70, shall be excité directement à commettre les dits punished as guilty of such crime or plot, but crimes ou complots. Néanmoins, dans le where such incitement produces no effect, cas où les dites provocations n’auraient été the offender suivies d’aucun effet, leurs auteurs shall be punished by penal servitude. [Amended 42/93; 31/95]

72 Failing to reveal plot against the State Toutes personnes qui, ayant eu Any person having knowledge of connaissance de complots formés ou de any plot formed or of any crime crimes projetés contre la sûreté intérieure ou contemplated against the internal or external extérieure de l’Etat, n’auront pas fait la safety of the State who does not reveal such déclaration de ces complots ou crimes, et plot or crime, and does not give information n’auront pas révélé au Gouvernement, ou to the Government or the administrative aux autorités adminstratives ou de police authorities or to the police, of the judiciaire, les circonstances qui en seront circumstances relating to it which may have venues à leur connaissance, le tout dans les come to his knowledge, all the information 24 heures qui auront suivi la dite being given within the 24 hours following the connaissance, seront, lors même qu’elles knowledge, shall, for the single fact of seraient reconnues exemptées de toute concealment, be punished in the manner complicité, punies, pour le seul fait de non- and according to the distinctions which révélation, de la manière et selon les follow, although it is proved that he has distinctions qui suivent. committed no act of complicity.

73 Penalty for failing to reveal plot if high treason S’il s’agit du crime de lèse- In the case of high treason, any majesté, tout individu qui, au cas de la person, who, under section 72, does not section 72, n’aura point fait les déclarations make the declarations prescribed, qui y sont prescrites, shall be punished by penal servitude

74 Penalty for failing to reveal plot other than of high treason A l’égard des autres crimes ou With regard to any crime or plot complots contre la sûreté intérieure et against the internal or external safety of the extérieure de l’Etat, toute personne qui, en State, any person who, having knowledge étant instruite, n’aura pas fait les thereof, does not make the declarations déclarations prescrites par la section 72, prescribed by section 72, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years and by a fine not exceeding 2,000 rupees. [R 2/83]

75 Penalty not applicable to relative of plotter Néanmoins, si l’auteur du complot ou Nevertheless where the author of the du crime est époux, ascendant ou plot or crime is the husband or wife, or the descendant, frère ou soeur de la personne lineal ascendant or descendant, or the prévenue de réticence, celle-ci ne sera pas brother or sister of the person accused of sujette aux peines portées par les sections withholding such declarations, such person 73 et 74. shall not be liable to the punishments specified in sections 73 and 74.

76 Penalty not applicable to plotter in certain cases Seront exemptés des peines Any offender, who before any plot or prononcées contre les auteurs de complots crime against the internal or external safety ou d’autres crimes attentatoires à la sûreté of the State has been carried, or attempted intérieure ou extérieure de l’Etat, ceux des to be carried into execution, and before any coupables qui, avant toute éxécution ou prosecution is commenced, is the first to tentative de ces complots ou de ces crimes, give to the authorities mentioned in section et avant toutes poursuites commencées, 72 the information of such plot or crime and auront, les premiers, donné aux autorités of its author or of any accomplice, or who, mentionnées à la section 72 connaissance even after the commencement of a de ces complots ou crimes et de leurs prosecution, procures the arrest of such auteurs ou complices, ou qui, même depuis author or accomplice, shall be exempted le commencement des poursuites, auront from the punishment pronounced against procuré l’arrestation des dits auteurs ou the author of such plot or crime. complices.

76A Prohibition on the use of Arms of Mauritius (1) Except with the express authorization of the Prime Minister, no person shall - (a) use in connection with any business, trade, calling, professional or public activity; or (b) offer for sale or sell any article or any matter produced whether by technological means, in an electronic medium or otherwise, bearingthe Arms of Mauritius. (2) Any person who fails to comply with subsection (1), whether in Mauritius or elsewhere, shall commit an offence. (3) A person who commits an offence under this section shall, without prejudice to any other proceedings which may be taken against him, his activity or respecting the article or matter, be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees and to penal servitude. (4) The Court before which a person is convicted of the offence may, in addition to the penalty imposed, order any article or matter used in the commission of the offence to be forfeited. [Added 30/01] CHAPTER II – OFFENCES BY PUBLIC OFFICERS

77 Abuse of authority by public officer Lorsqu’un fonctionnaire public, Subject to section 78, where a un agent ou un préposé du Gouvernement, public functionary, an agent of, or person aura ordonné ou fait quelque acte arbitraire appointed by the Government, orders or et attentatoire, soit à la liberté individuelle, commits any arbitrary act, prejudicial either soit aux droits civiques d’un ou de plusieurs to individual liberty, or to the civic rights of individus, soit à la Constitution de Maurice, one or more individuals, or to the et qu’il n’aura pas justifié qu’il a agi par ordre Constitution of Mauritius, and does not de son supérieur, pour des objets du ressort prove that he acted by order of his superior, de celui-ci, il sera condamné in matters within the competency of the latter, he shall be condemned to imprisonment or to a fine not exceeding 3,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 12/03]

78 Torture by public official (1) Subject to subsection (3),where – (a) any person who is a public official, or is otherwise acting in an official capacity; or (b) any person, at the instigation of, or with the acquiescence of, a public official or a person otherwise acting in an official capacity, intentionally inflicts severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, on any other person- (i) to obtain a confession or other information from that other person, or a third person; (ii) to punish that other person for an act which that other person or a third person has committed, or is suspected of having committed; (iii) to intimidate or coerce that other or a third person; or (iv) for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, he shall commit the offence of torture and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 50,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years. (2) Where the act constituting an offence under subsection (1) has been committed outside Mauritius and - (a) the victim is a citizen of Mauritius; (b) the alleged offender is in Mauritius; or (c) the alleged offender is in Mauritius, and Mauritius does not extradite him, a Court shall have jurisdiction to try the offence and inflict the penalties specified in subsection (1). (3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any pain or suffering arising only from, or inherent in, or incidental to, a lawful sanction. (4) It shall not be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that he acted by order of his superior. [Added 12/03]

79 Public officer flouting claim of illegal detention Les fonctionnaires publics chargés de Any public functionary entrusted with la police administrative ou judiciaire, et toute the administrative or judicial police, or any personne ayant charge d’un prisonnier, qui person having the custody of a prisoner, auront refusé ou négligé de déférer à toute who refuses or neglects to pay due regard to réclamation tendant à constater les any demand tending to prove illegal or détentions illégales ou arbitraires, soit dans arbitrary any detention, whether in any les maisons destinées à la garde des house destined for the custody of persons détenus, soit partout ailleurs, et qui ne under detention, or elsewhere and who does justifieront pas les avoir dénoncées à leurs not prove having reported such detention to supérieurs, seront punis des peines portées his superior officer, shall be subject to the en la section 77. punishment specified in section 77.

80 Arbitrary detention by public officer Les gardiens et concierges des Any gaoler or keeper of a gaol, prison maisons de dépot, d’arrêt ou de peine qui – or house of correction, who – (a) auront reçu un prisonnier (a) receives a prisoner without sans mandat ou jugement, warrant or sentence, or who ou qui auront refusé, sur sa refuses, upon demand, to réquisition, de lui délivrer une deliver to the prisoner a copie de l’ordre en vertu copy of the order under duquel le prisonnier leur aura which the prisoner was été remis; delivered over to him; (b) auront retenu le prisonnier ou (b) detains or refuses to auront refusé de le produce the prisoner to any représenter à tout officier de judicial or police officer justice ou de police ayant entitled to demand the qualité pour en exiger la appearance of the prisoner, représentation, sans justifier without proving a prohibition de la défense du Directeur from the Director of Public des Poursuites Publiques; Prosecutions; (c) auront refusé d’exhiber leurs (c) refuses to exhibit his registres à tout officier de register to any judicial or justice ou de police judiciaire, police officer, shall be guilty of arbitrary detention, and be liable to imprisonment or to a fine not exceeding 2,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90]

81 Public officer detaining person in unauthorised place Sera puni des peines portées en la Any public officer who detains, or section 77, tout officier public qui aura causes to be detained, any individual, retenu ou fait retenir un individu hors des except in the places fixed by the lieux déterminés par le Gouvernement. Government, shall suffer the punishment specified in section 77.

82 Conspiracy by public officers to flout the law (1) Tout concert de mesures (1) Any combination of measures contraires aux lois, de mesures contre contrary to law, or of measures against the l’éxécution des lois ou contre les ordres du execution of the law or against the orders of Gouvernement, pratiqué soit par la réunion the Government, entered into, whether by d’individus ou de corps dépositaires de an association of individuals or of bodies quelque partie de l’autorité publique, soit par entrusted with any portion of the public députation ou correspondance entre eux, authority, or by any deputation or sera puni de l’emprisonnement. correspondence among them, shall be punished by imprisonment. (2) Dans le cas où ce concert aurait (2) Where such combination has eu pour objet ou résultat un complot had for its object, or where the result of it attentatoire à la sûreté intérieure de l’Etat, has been, a plot affecting the internal safety les auteurs seront considérés comme of the State, the authors shall be guilty of coupables du crime de haute trahison, et high treason, and shall be punished in punis conformément aux sections 50, 51 et conformity with sections 50, 51 and 57 to 61. 57 à 61. [Amended 42/93; 31/95]

83 Public officer resigning with intent to paralyse public service Seront punis d’une amende qui Public functionaries who, in a body or n’excèdera pas 10,000 roupies les individually, hand in their resignation whose fonctionnaires publics qui auront, en masse object or effect is to impede or to suspend, ou individuellement, donné des démissions either the administration of justice, or the dont l’objet ou l’effet serait d’empêcher ou accomplishment of a public service, shall be de suspendre, soit l’administration de la punished by a fine not exceeding 10,000 justice, soit l’accomplissement d’un service rupees. quelconque. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

84 Violation of domicile by public officer Tout fonctionnaire de l’ordre Any functionary of the administrative administratif ou judiciaire, tout officier de or judicial body, or any judicial or police justice ou de police, tout commandant ou officer or any civil or military authority, acting agent de la force publique, qui agissant en in such capacity, who enters the domicile of sa dite qualité, se sera introduit dans le another person against the will of that other domicile d’autrui contre son gré, hors des person, except in cases provided by law, cas prévus par la loi, et sans les formalités and without complying with the prescribed qu’elle a prescrites, sera puni d’une amende formalities, shall be punished by a fine not qui ne pourra excéder 5,000 roupies, et d’un exceeding 5,000 rupees, and by emprisonnement qui ne pourra excéder 6 imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 mois. months. [Amended 5/99] 85 –

86 Violence by public officer Lorsqu’un fonctionnaire ou officier Any functionary, or public officer, or public, un agent ou un préposé du any agent of, or other person appointed Gouvernement ou de la police, un exécuteur by the Government or the police, or any des mandats de justice ou jugements, un other person entrusted with the execution of commandant en chef ou en sous ordre de la judicial orders or judgments, or any civil or force publique, aura, sans motif légitime, military authority, acting in the discharge of usé ou fait user de violences envers les his functions, or for the purpose of personnes, dans l’exercice ou à l’occasion discharging such functions, who, without de l’exercice de ses fonctions, il pourra être lawful reason, uses or causes to be used puni, selon la nature et la gravité de ces any violence towards any person, shall, violences, même du double de la peine qui according to the nature and extent of the aurait été encourue par tout autre coupable violence so used, be liable to double the du même crime ou délit. punishment which would have been incurred by any other person guilty of the like crime or misdemeanour. 87 –

88 Public officer ordering use of force to prevent operation of law Tout fonctionnaire public, agent ou Any public functionary, or any agent préposé du Gouvernement de quelque état of, or person employed by the Government ou grade qu’il soit, qui aura requis ou who calls for or orders or causes to be ordonné, fait requérir ou ordonner l’action ou called for or to be ordered, the intervention l’emploi de la force publique contre or employment of the civil or military l’exécution d’une loi, ou contre la perception authorities against the execution of a law, or d’une contribution légale, ou contre against the collection of a legal tax, or l’exécution, soi d’une ordonnance ou against the execution, whether of a legal mandat de justice, soit de tout autre ordre warrant or judicial order, or of any other émané de l’autorité légitime, order proceeding from lawful authority, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. [R 2/83]

89 Penalty where order is executed Si cette réquisition ou cet ordre ont Where such requisition or order has été suivis de leur effet, been carried into execution, the punishment shall be penal servitude.

90 Penalty not applicable for acting under order of superior Les peines énoncées aux sections 88 The punishments specified in sections et 89 ne cesseront d’être applicables aux 88 and 89 shall not cease to be applicable to fonctionnaires ou préposés qui auraient agi such functionaries or persons employed who par ordre de leurs supérieurs, qu’autant que shall have acted by order of their superior, cet ordre aura été donné par ceux-ci pour unless the order is given by such superior des objects de leur ressort, et sur lesquels il for matters within his competence, and in leur était dû obéissance hierarchique; dans relation to which obedience was due to such ce cas, les peines portées ci-dessus ne superior, in which cases the punishments seront appliquées qu’aux supérieurs qui above mentioned shall only be applicable to auront donné cet ordre, à moins qu’ils ne the superior who gave the order, unless he justifient eux-mêmes d’un ordre de l’autorité can prove that he likewise has acted under supérieure. an order from superior authority.

91 Penalty where order provokes serious crime Si, par suite des dits ordres ou Where, in consequence of such order réquisitions, il survient d’autres crimes or requisition, any other crime ensues, punissables de peines plus fortes que celles punishable by a severer punishment than exprimées aux sections 88 et 89 ces peines that specified in sections 88 and 89, such plus fortes seront appliquées aux severer punishment shall be applied to such fonctionnaires, agents ou préposés functionaries, agents or persons employed, coupables d’avoir donné les dits ordres ou as shall be guilty of having given the said fait les dites réquisitions. order, or made the said requisition. CHAPTER III – CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE

92 Counterfeiting gold or silver coin (1) Any person who falsely makes or counterfeits any coin resembling or intended to resemble or pass for any gold or silver coin lawfully current in Mauritius, or in any other State, shall be punished by penal servitude. (2) Any person who impairs, diminishes, lightens, or otherwise alters any gold or silver coin aforesaid, with intent that the coin so impaired, diminished, lightened, or altered may pass for any gold or silver coin, lawfully current as aforesaid, shall be punished by penal servitude.

93 Imitating gold or silver coin (1) Tout individu qui, au moyen d’un (1) Any person who by means of procédé quelconque, aura donné la couleur any process gives the colour of gold or d’or ou d’argent, soit à toute monnaie silver, either to any money resembling the ressemblant aux monnaies d’or ou d’argent gold and silver money mentioned in section designées dans la section 92, ou dans 92 or with the intention to make it resemble l’intention de la rendre ressemblante aux the said gold or silver money, or to any dites monnaies d’or ou d’argent, soit à toute blank of base metal made of a suitable size pièce ou composition d’un métal quelconque and figure to be coined, and with the ayant la forme et la dimension nécessaires manifest intention of imitating or pour être frappée, et dans l’intention counterfeiting any of the coins of gold or évidente d’imiter ou contrefaire une des silver hereinbefore mentioned, monnaies d’or ou d’argent ci-dessus designées, shall be punished by penal servitude. (2) La même peine sera appliquée à (2) The like punishment shall be tout individu qui, pour augmenter la valeur applied to any person who, for the purpose d’une monnaie d’argent ou de cuivre, ayant of increasing the value of any money of cours légal, lui aura donné la couleur d’or ou silver or copper having legal currency, shall d’argent. give thereunto the colour of gold or silver.

94 Dealing in and importing counterfeit gold or silver coin Quiconque aura acheté, vendu, émis, Any person who buys, sells, passes reçu ou donné en paiement, ou qui aura off, receives or pays, or proposes to buy, proposé d’acheter, vendre, émettre, recevoir sell, pass off, receive, or pay, any false or ou donner en paiement toute monnaie counterfeit coin, resembling or evidently fausse ou contrefaite, ressemblant ou qu’on made with intent to resemble any of the aurait evidemment cherché à rendre coins mentioned in sections 92 and 93, for a ressemblante aux monnaies designées aux lower rate or value than that of the true coin sections 92 et 93, à un taux inférieur à celui of the same denomination, or any person de la monnaie véritable de la même who imports into Mauritius any such false or dénomination, ou qui aura introduit de counterfeit coin, knowing the same to be l’extérieur à Maurice de telles monnaies d’or false or counterfeit, ou d’argent qu’il savait être fausses ou contrefaites, shall be punished by penal servitude.

95 Knowingly offering counterfeit gold or silver coin (1) Toute personne qui, sciemment, (1) Any person who knowingly aura offert, présenté ou émis des monnaies offers, tenders or utters any false or d’or ou d’argent fausses ou contrefaites, counterfeit coin of gold or silver, resembling ressemblant ou qu’on aurait cherché à or made with intent to resemble any of the rendre ressemblantes aux monnaies d’or ou coins of gold or silver mentioned in sections d’argent designées aux sections 92, 93 et 92 to 94 shall be punished by imprisonment 94, sera punie d’un emprisonnement qui for a term not exceeding one year. n’excèdera pas un an. (2) Le même fait, lorsque la (2) Where the offender at the time of personne convaincue aura été trouvée avoir such act is found to have in his possession, en sa possession, dans le même temps, une at the same time, one or more other pieces ou plusieurs autres pièces de monnaie d’or of false or counterfeit coin of gold or silver ou d’argent ci-dessus designées, fausses ou as above described, or where the offender, contrefaites, ou si la même personne a, le either the same day, or within the following même jour, ou dans les 10 jours suivants, 10 days, offers, tenders or utters any such offert, présenté ou émis aucune des dites other false or counterfeit coin of gold or monnaies fausses ou contrefaites d’or ou silver, knowing the same to be false or d’argent, sachant qu’elles étaient fausses ou counterfeit, such offender may be punished contrefaites, pourra être puni du maximum by the maximum term of imprisonment. de l’emprisonment. (3) En cas de récidive de délit prévu (3) In case of a subsequent à la présente section, conviction for an offence under this section, the punishment shall be penal servitude.

96 Knowingly uttering counterfeit gold or silver coin. (1) Toute personne qui sera trouvée (1) Any person who is found to have avoir en sa possession 3 ou un plus grand in his possession 3 or more pieces of false nombre de pièces de monnaies fausses ou or counterfeit coin, resembling, or made with contrefaites, ressemblant ou qu’on aurait intent to resemble any of the coins of gold or cherché à rendre ressemblantes aux silver above mentioned, knowing them to be monnaies d’or ou d’argent ci-dessus false or counterfeit, and with the intention to designées, sachant que les dites monnaies utter the same, étaient fausses ou contrefaites, et avec l’intention de les mettre en circulation, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 3 years. (2) En cas de récidive, le coupable, (2) In case of a subsequent conviction for a like offence the offender, shall be punished by penal servitude. [R 2/83]

97 Making or possessing instrument used for counterfeiting gold or silver coin Any person who, without lawful authority or excuse, the proof of which shall lie on him, knowingly makes or mends, or begins or proceeds to make or mend, or buys or sells, or has in his custody or possession any puncheon, counter puncheon, matrix, stamp, die, pattern or mould, edger, edging or other tool, collar, instrument, press or engine, which is adapted and intended for the false making, counterfeiting or marking, of any gold or silver coin mentioned in sections 92 to 96, shall be punished by penal servitude.

98 Counterfeiting copper coin Where the offence relates to any copper or cupro-nickel coin lawfully current in Mauritius, or in any other State, the punishment shall be – (a) for an offence under section 92, 93 or 94, penal servitude for a term not exceeding 7 years; (b) for an offence under section 95 or 96, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year; (c) for an offence under section 97, penal servitude for a term not exceeding 7 years. [R 2/83]

99 Forfeiture of counterfeit coin and instrument All false or counterfeit coins mentioned in sections 92 to 96 and 98 and all instruments, tools, engines mentioned in section 97 shall be forfeited by the Court before which the offender is tried, or, if there is no trial, by order of a Magistrate.

100 Counterfeiting seal, mark or bank note (1) Any person who – (a) counterfeits the seal of Mauritius, or makes use of such counterfeit seal; (b) forges or counterfeits any securities issued by the Accountant-General with the stamp thereof; or (c) knowing that such securities are forged or counterfeit makes use thereof, or introduces them into Mauritius, shall be punished by penal servitude. (2) (a) Any person who – (i) forges or counterfeits any bank note, or any word, letter, figure, mark, sign, signature or facsimile upon or attached to any bank note; (ii) utters any forged or counterfeit bank note, knowing it to be forged or counterfeit; or (iii) introduces into Mauritius or, without lawful authority or excuse (the proof of which shall lie on him), purchases, receives or obtains from any other person, or has in his custody or possession, any forged or counterfeit bank note, knowing it to be forged or counterfeit, shall be punished by penal servitude. (b) In paragraph (a), “bank note” includes any note of any bank or person carrying on the business of banking in any part of the world, and includes any currency note issued by or on behalf of the Government of Mauritius or of any other country. (c) For the purposes of paragraph (b), “currency note” includes any notes which are legal tender in the country in which they are issued. (3) Any person who, without lawful authority or excuse, the proof of which shall lie on him – (a) makes, uses, or knowingly has in his custody or possession any paper intended to resemble and pass as special paper such as is provided and used for making any bank note; (b) makes, uses, or knowingly has in his custody or possession any frame, mould or instrument for making such paper, or for producing in or on such paper any words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices peculiar to and used in or on any such paper; (c) engraves or in any way makes upon any plate, wood, stone or other material, any words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices, the print of which resembles in whole or in part any words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices peculiar to and used in or on any bank note; (d) uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession any plate, wood, stone or other material upon which any such words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices have been engraved or in any way made as aforesaid; (e) uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession any paper upon which any such words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices have been printed or in any way made as aforesaid, shall be punished by penal servitude (4) Any forged or counterfeit bank note, or any machinery, implement, utensil or material used or intended to be used for the forging or counterfeiting of a bank note shall be forfeited by the Court, or, if there is no trial, by order of a Magistrate.

101 Counterfeiting court seal Ceux qui auront – Any person who – (a) contrefait ou falsifié les sceaux (a) counterfeits or forges any seal of d’une cour de justice ou d’une autorité any court or authority, or any puncheon quelconque, soit le poinçon servant à used for marking wrought gold or silver; or marquer les matières d’or ou d’argent; ou (b) makes use of any counterfeit or (b) fait usage de papiers, effets, forged paper, security, seal, or puncheon, sceaux, ou poinçons falsifiés ou contrefaits, knowing it to be forged or counterfeit sachant qu’ils étaient countrefaits ou falsifiés, shall be punished by penal servitude.

102 Unlawful use of seal Quiconque s’étant indûment procuré Any person who, having unlawfully les vrais sceaux ou poinçons ayant l’une des procured possession of any real and lawful destinations exprimées en la section 101 en seal or puncheon, intended or destined for aura fait une application ou usage the purposes mentioned in section 101, préjudiciable aux droits ou intérets de l’Etat, uses or applies it to the prejudice of the rights or interests of the State, shall be punished by penal servitude.

103 Counterfeiting mark of Government or trader Ceux qui – Any person who – (a) auront contrefait les (a) counterfeits any mark marques destinées à être destined to be put or placed, apposées au nom du in the name of Government, Gouvernement sur les on any goods or diverses espèces de merchandise, or makes use denrées ou de of such counterfeit mark; or marchandises, ou qui auront fait usage de ces fausses marques; ou (b) counterfeits the mark of any private bank or commercial establishment, or uses or applies such counterfeit mark to the prejudice of the rights or interests of the Government or even of a private establishment, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years and by a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. [R 2/83; Amended 5/99]

104 Altering Government mark Ceux qui auront contrefait les Any person who counterfeits any marques du Gouvernement sur des mark of the Government placed upon private propriétés particulières, ou qui auront altéré property, or alters or erases any mark ou effacé sur des propriétés du placed upon the property of the Gouvernment les marques qui y étaient Government, apposées, shall be punished by penal servitude

105 Altering manufacturer‘s label (1) Quiconque aura, soit apposé, (1) Any person who places or soit fait apparaitre par addition, causes to appear, by any addition, retranchement, ou par une altération retrenchment, or alteration, upon any quelconque sur des objets fabriqués, le nom manufactured article, the name of a d’un fabricant autre que celui qui en est manufacturer, other than the real one, or the l’auteur, ou la raison commerciale d’une commercial name of a manufactory other fabrique autre que celle où les dits objets than that where such article was made, or auront été fabriqués, ou enfin le nom d’un the name of a place different from that lieu autre que celui de la fabrication, sera where such article was made, shall be puni d’un emprisonnement qui n’excèdera punished by imprisonment for a term not pas un an, et d’une amende qui n’excèdera exceeding one year, and by a fine not pas 10,000 roupies exceeding 10,000 rupees. (2) Tout marchand, (2) Any trader, agent, or retailer who commissionnaire ou débitant quelconque, knowingly exposes for sale, or puts into sera passible des effets de la poursuite, circulation, any such article, marked with a lorsqu’il aura sciemment exposé en vente ou fictitious or counterfeit name, shall be liable mis en circulation les objets marqués de to the like punishment. noms supposés ou altérés. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

105A Electronic document or writing For the purposes of sections 106 to 109, 111 and 112, a document or writing includes any disc, tape, sound track or other device on or in which data is recorded or stored by mechanical, electronic or other means. [Added 22/03]

106 Forgery by public officer Tout fonctionnaire ou officier public qui, dans l’exercice de ses fonctions, aura commis un faux – (a) soit par fausses signatures; (b) soit par altération des actes, écritures, dates ou signatures; (c) soit par supposition de personnes; (d) soit par des écritures faites ou intercalées sur des registres ou d’autres actes publics, depuis leur confection ou clôture, Any functionary, or public officer, acting in the discharge of his duty, who commits a forgery – (a) by a false signature; (b) by the alteration of any act, date, writing, or signature; (c) by falsely stating the presence of a person; or (d) by any writing made or interpolated in any register or other public act, after it has been completed or closed, shall be punished by penal servitude.

107 Fraudulent alteration of public document Tout fonctionnaire ou officer public Any functionary, or public officer who, qui, en rédigeant des actes de son ministère in drawing up a document or writing in the en aura frauduleusement dénaturé la discharge of his duty, fraudulently alters its substance ou les circonstances, soit en substance or particulars, whether by écrivant des conventions autres que celles inserting any condition other than that qui auraient été tracées ou dictées par les directed or dictated by the parties, or by parties, soit en constatant comme vrais des stating any false fact as true, or any fact as faits faux, ou comme avoués des faits qui ne acknowledged which has not been so l’étaient pas, acknowledged, shall be punished by penal servitude.

108 Forgery by private individual of public or commercial writing Toutes autres personnes qui auront commis un faux en écriture authentique et Any other person who commits a publique, ou en écriture de commerce ou de forgery in an authenticated and public banque – writing, or in a commercial or bank writing – (a) soit par contre-façon ou (a) by counterfeiting or altering altération d’écritures, dates any writing, date or ou signatures, ou l’emploi signature, or by the use of a d’un nom supposé; fictitious name; (b) soit par fabrication de (b) by fabricating any conventions, dispositions, agreement, condition, obligations ou décharges, obligation or discharge, or ou par leur insertion après inserting it in any such act coup dans ces actes; after it has been completed; (c) soit par addition aux or clauses, déclarations ou (c) by adding to any clause, faits que ces actes avaient statement or fact which such pour objet de recevoir et de act was intended to contain constater, ou par altération and certify, or by altering des dites clauses, faits ou such clause, fact or déclarations, statement, shall be punished by penal servitude.

109 Making use of forged public writing Dans tous les cas exprimés aux In every case specified in sections sections 106 à 108, celui qui aura fait usage 106 to 108, any person who makes use of des actes faux, sachant qu’ils étaient faux, any forged document or writing knowing it to be forged, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. [R 2/83]

110 Sections 106-109 not applicable to passport Seront exceptés des dispositions des Nothing in sections 106 to 109 shall sections 106 à 109, les faux commis dans apply to any forgery committed in a les passeports, sur lesquels il sera passport, or to any forgery committed in particulièrement statué ci-après, et les faux such certificates as are mentioned in commis dans les certificats de l’espèce dont sections 114 to 120. il sera fait mention aux sections 114 à 120.

111 Forgery of private writing Tout individu qui aura de l’une des Any person who by one of the means manières exprimées en la section 108, specified in section 108, forges a private commis un faux en écriture privée, writing, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding10 years. [R 2/83]

112 Making use of forged private writing Sera puni des même peines, celui qui The like punishment shall be inflicted aura fait usage de la pièce fausse, sachant upon any person who makes use of the qu’elle était fausse. forged writing, knowing it to be forged.

113 Sections 111 and 112 not applicable to certificate covered by sections 117-119 Sont exceptés des dispositions des The forged certificates mentioned in sections 111 et 112, les faux certificats de sections 117 to 119 are excepted from the l’espèce dont il est parlé aux sections 117 à provisions of sections 111 and 112. 119

114 Forgery of passport Quiconque fabriquera un faux Any person who forges a passport or passeport ou falsifiera un passeport falsifies a passport originally genuine, or originairement véritable, ou fera usage d’un makes use of a forged or falsified passport, passeport fabriqué ou falsifié, sera puni de shall be punished by imprisonment. l’emprisonnement.

115 Public officer delivering unauthorised passport Tout fonctionnaire public qui aura Any public officer who delivers a délivré un passeport sans observer les passport otherwise than in accordance with dispositions du Passport Act sera puni d’un the Passport Act shall commit an offence emprisonnement qui n’excèdera pas un an. and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year. 116 –

117 Forgery of medical certificate Toute personne qui, pour se redimer Any person who, for the purpose of elle-même ou en affranchir une autre d’un relieving himself, or of freeing any other service public quelconque, fabriquera, sous person from any public service forges under le nom d’un médecin ou chirurgien, un the name of a physician or surgeon, a certificat de maladie ou d’infirmité, certificate of sickness or infirmity, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 5 years. [R 2/83]

118 Medical officer issuing false certificate (1) Tout médecin, chirurgien, ou (1) Any medical practitioner, dentiste qui, dans l’exercice de ses fonctions surgeon or dentist who, in the exercise of his et pour favoriser quelqu’un, certifiera functions, for the purpose of procuring an faussement ou dissimulera l’existence de advantage to any person, falsely certifies or maladies ou infirmités, ou fournira des falsely conceals the existence of any indications mensongères sur l’origine d’une disease or infirmity, or who gives false maladie ou d’une infirmité ou la cause d’un information with respect to the cause of such décès, sera passible de servitude pénale disease or infirmity or with respect to the n’excèdant pas 5 ans. cause of any death, shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 5 years. (2) S’il a été mû par dons ou (2) Where any physician, surgeon or promesses, il sera passible, ainsi que le dentist has been induced thereunto by any corrupteur, de servitude pénale n’excédant gift or promise, he and any person who has pas 10 ans. offered such gift or promise shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. [R 2/83]

119 Forgery and making use of character certificate (1) Quiconque fabriquera, sous le (1) Any person who forges, under nom d’un fonctionnaire ou officier public, un the name of a functionary or public officer, a certificat de bonne conduite, indigence ou certificate of good behaviour, poverty, or autres circonstances propres à appeler la other circumstance calculated to excite the bienveillance du Gouvernement ou des good will of the Government or of individuals particuliers sur la personne y designée, et à towards the person therein described, and to lui procurer place, crédit ou secours, sera obtain for such person any situation, credit, puni de l’emprisonnement. or assistance, shall be punished by imprisonment. (2) La même peine sera appliquée – (2) The like punishment shall be (a) à celui qui falsifiera un applied – certificat de cette espèce, (a) to any person who forges a originairement véritable, certificate of the above pour l’approprier à une description, originally personne autre que celle à genuine, for the purpose of laquelle il a été appro-priating it to any primitivement délivré; individual other than the person to whom it was (b) à tout individu qui se sera originally delivered; servi du certificat ainsi (b) to any person who makes fabriqué ou falsifié. use of such forged or falsified certificate.

120 Forgery and making use of other forged certificate Les faux certificats ou fausses Any false certificate or false permissions de toute autre nature, d’où il permission of any other description, from pourrait résulter, soit lésion envers des tiers, which there might result, either injury soit péjudice envers le Trésor Public, soit towards third parties, or prejudice towards quelque avantage illicite pour la personne the Treasury, or any unlawful advantage to qui en aurait fait usage, seront punis selon the person making use of the same, shall be qu’il y aura lieu, d’après les dispositions des punished according to sections 106 to 120, sections 106 à 120 ou seulement des peines or only by a correctional punishment, correctionnelles. according to the circumstances of the case.

121 Fine for forgery Toute personne declarée coupable de Toute personne declarée coupable de faux ou d’usage de faux de toute nature faux ou d’usage de faux de toute nature sera passible d’une amende n’excédant pas sera passible d’une amende n’excédant pas 25,000 roupies qui, lorsqu’elle sera infligée, 25,000 roupies qui, lorsqu’elle sera infligée, pourra être prononcée soit au lieu de la pourra être prononcée soit au lieu de la peine d’emprisonnement ou de servitude peine d’emprisonnement ou de servitude pénale prévue dans chaque cas soit en pénale prévue dans chaque cas soit en même temps que cette peine. même temps que cette peine. [Amended 5/99]

122 Embezzlement and larceny by public officer or notary (1) Tout percepteur, tout commis à (1) Any collector or person une perception, dépositaire ou comptable appointed to collect public money, or any public, qui aura détourné ou soustrait des public depositary or accountant, who deniers publics ou privés, ou effets actifs en embezzles or purloins public or private tenant lieu, ou des pièces, titres, actes, money, or any security representing the effets mobiliers qui étaient entre ses mains same, or any document, title, deed, movable en vertu de ses fonctions, sera passible de effects, being in his charge by virtue of his servitude pénale et aussi d’une amende qui functions, shall be punished by penal ne pourra excéder la totalité de la somme servitude, together with a fine not exceeding détournée. the whole amount of the sum embezzled. (2) Les mêmes peines seront (2) The like punishment shall be applicables à tout notaire qui aura soustrait applicable to any notary who embezzles or ou détourné des pièces, titres, valeurs, purloins any document, title, security, deniers ou effets actifs dont il serait money, or valuable security of which he may dépositaire. be the depositary.

123 Embezzlement and larceny of deed by public officer (1) Tout juge, administrateur, (1) Any judge, administrator, fonction-naire ou officier public qui aura function-ary, or public officer, who destroys, détruit, supprimé, soustrait ou détourné les suppresses, embezzles or purloins any deed actes et titres dont il était dépositaire en or title, of which he may, in such capacity, cette qualité ou qui lui auront été remis ou be the depositary, or which may have been communiqués à raison de ses fonctions, delivered or communicated to him by virtue of his functions, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years (2) Tous agents, préposés ou (2) Any agent, clerk or servant commis, soit du Gouvernement, soit des whether of the Government, or of a public dépositaires publics qui se seront rendus depositary, who shall be convicted of the like coupables des mêmes faits, seront soumis à offence, shall be subject to a like la même peine. punishment. [R 2/83]

124 Extortion by public officer (1) Tous fonctionnaires, tous (1) Any functionary, or public officer, officiers publics, leurs commis ou préposés, or any of their clerks or servants, or any tous percepteurs des droits, taxes, collector of duties, taxes, contributions, contributions, deniers, revenus publics ou money, public or municipal rents, or any communaux, et leurs commis ou préposés, clerk or servant of such collector who shall qui se seront rendus coupables du crime de be convicted of the crime of extortion or concussion ou d’exaction, en ordonnant de exaction, in ordering the levy of or in percevoir, ou en exigeant ou recevant ce exacting or receiving that which he knew not qu’ils savaient n’être pas dû ou excéder ce to be due or to exceed what was due for qui était dû pour droits, taxes, contributions, duties, taxes, contributions, money or rent, deniers ou revenus, ou pour salaires ou or for wages or salary, traitements, shall be punished as follows – such functionary or public officer by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years, and such clerk or servant by imprisonment. (2) Les coupables pourraient de (2) The offender may, in addition, be plus, être condamnés à une amende qui ne sentenced to a fine not exceeding 5,000 pourra excéder la somme de 5,000 roupies. rupees. [R 2/83; Amended 5/99]

125-133A Repealed 5/02 134-136 –

137 Public officer exercising functions without lawful authority Tout fonctionnaire public révoqué, Any public functionary being lawfully destitué, suspendu ou interdit légalement, relieved, dismissed, suspended or qui, après en avoir eu la connaissance interdicted, and who after having had official officielle, aura continué l’exercice de ses notice thereof, shall continue the exercise of fonctions, sera puni de l’emprisonnement et his functions, shall be punished by d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas 10,000 imprisonment, and by a fine not exceeding roupies, sans préjudice des peines portées 10,000 rupees, without prejudice to the en la section 64. punishment specified in section 64. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

138 Offences by public officers Hors les cas ou la loi règle Except in those cases where the law spécialement les peines encourues pour specially determines the punishments crimes ou délits commis par les incurred for crimes or misdemeanours fonctionnaires ou officiers publics, ceux committed by public officers or functionaries, d’entre eux qui auront participé à d’autres those among them who participate in any crimes ou délits qu’ils étaient chargés de other crime or misdemeanour, which it was surveiller ou de réprimer, subiront toujours le their duty to watch over, or to repress, shall maximum de la peine attaché à l’espèce du always suffer the maximum of the délit ou du crime. punishment attached to that description of misdemeanour or crime.

139 Taking part in unlawful assembly (1) Any person who takes part in an unlawful assembly shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. (2) In this section and in the following sections “unlawful assembly” means 12 or more persons who – (a) are assembled with intent to commit an offence; or (b) being assembled even for a lawful purpose, conduct themselves in such a manner as is likely to lead to or provoke a breach of the peace. [Added 30/91; Amended 5/99]

140 Having offensive weapon at unlawful assembly (1) Any person who, while taking part in any unlawful assembly or riot, has in his possession an offensive weapon, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 25,000 rupees and to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 5 years. (2) In this section – “offensive weapon” means any article made, or adapted for use, or suitable for causing injury to the person, or intended by the person having it in his possession or under his control for that use by him or by some other person. [Added 30/91]

141 Dispersing unlawful assembly (1) Any police officer, not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent, may – (a) give warning to any person in an assembly that the assembly is unlawful; (b) stop and disperse any unlawful assembly. (2) For the purposes of exercising the powers conferred by subsection (1), a police officer, not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent, may issue such orders as may be necessary and may – (a) use such force as may be necessary to stop or disperse the unlawful assembly; and (b) enter any premises or place in which persons are unlawfully assembled. [Added 30/91]

142 Remaining in unlawful assembly after warning (1) Any person who remains in an assembly after having been duly warned by a police officer, not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent, that the assembly is unlawful shall commit an offence unless he shows to the satisfaction of the Court that he remained in the assembly after the warning through circumstances independent of his will. (2) Any person who commits an offence under this section shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. [Added 30/91; Amended 5/99]

143 Taking part in riot (1) Any person who takes part in a riot shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 25,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years. (2) In this section – “riot” means an unlawful assembly which has begun to execute the purpose for which it is assembled by a breach of the peace. [Added 30/91] [Ed. Act 1/00 (Public Security Act) which purports to repeal section 143 is not in force]

144 Interpretation of “rebellion” Toute attaque, toute résistance avec Any attack, or any resistance by violence et voies de fait envers les officiers violence or assault against a ministerial ministériels, les gardes champêtres et officer, or a forest officer, or against the civil forestiers, la force publique, les inspecteurs or military authorities, or an inspector or et gardes des canaux et de guildives, les keeper of canals or an inspector of préposés à la perception des taxes, et de distilleries, or any person appointed to contributions, leurs porteurs de contraintes, collect taxes and contributions, or the bearer les séquestrés, les officiers ou agents de la of a warrant of arrest, or a sequestrator, police administrative ou judiciaire, agissant officer or agent of the administrative or pour l’exécution des lois, des ordres, ou judicial police, acting for the execution of the ordonnances de l’autorité publique, des laws, orders or warrants issuing from public mandats de justice ou jugements, est authority, or of judicial warrants or qualifiée selon les circonstances, crime ou judgments, is held, according to délit de rébellion. circumstances, to be a crime, or a misdemeanour of rebellion.

145 Rebellion by more than 20 armed persons Where the rebellion is committed by more than 20 armed persons, the offenders shall be punished by penal servitude, and if they were not armed, they shall be punished by imprisonment.

146 Rebellion by 3 but not more than 20 armed persons Where the rebellion is committed by 3 or more armed persons, not exceeding 20 in number, the punishment shall be penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years, and if they were not armed, the punishment shall be imprisonment. [R 2/83]

147 Rebellion by less than 3 armed persons Si la rébellion n’a été commise que Where the rebellion is committed by par une ou 2 personnes, avec armes, elle one or 2 armed persons only, it shall be sera punie de l’emprisonnement, et si elle a punished by imprisonment, and where it is eu lieu sans armes, d’un emprisonnement committed without arms, by imprisonment qui ne pourra excéder 6 mois. for a term not exceeding 6 months.

148 Rebellion by band or mob En cas de rébellion avec bande ou In case of rebellion committed by a attroupement, la section 68 sera applicable band or mob, section 68 shall be applicable aux rebelles sans fonctions ni emploi dans to the rebels without office or employment, la bande, qui se seront retirés au premier in such band, who have retired at the first avertissement de l’autorité publique. intimation given by public authority.

149 Interpretation of “armed meeting” Toute réunion d’individus pour un Any meeting of persons for crime or a crime ou un délit, est réputée réunion misdemeanour, is held to be an armed armée, lorsque plus de 2 personnes portent meeting, where more than 2 persons carry des armes ostensibles. ostensible arms.

150 Carrying concealed arms Les personnes qui se trouveraient Those persons who are found munies d’armes cachées, et qui auraient fait carrying concealed arms, and who have partie d’une troupe ou réunion non réputée formed part of a troop or meeting not held to armée, seront individuellement punies be armed, shall be individually punished in comme si elles avaient fait partie d’une like manner as if they had formed part of an troupe ou réunion armée. armed troop or meeting.

151 Penalty for offence committed during rebellion Les auteurs des crimes et délits The authors of any crime or commis pendant le cours et à l’occasion misdemea-nour committed during the d’une rébellion, seront punis des peines progress and in consequence of a rebellion, prononcées contre chacun de ces crimes et shall suffer the punishment pronounced délits, si elles sont plus fortes que celles de against such crime or misdemeanour, if la rébellion. such punishment is more severe than that for rebellion.

152 Inciting rebellion (1) Sera puni comme coupable de la (1) Any person who has instigated rébellion, quiconque y aura provoqué, soit to rebellion, whether by a speech made in a par des discours tenus dans des lieux ou public place or meeting or by placards réunions publics, soit par placards affichés, posted up, or by any writing or printing, shall soit par écrits ou imprimés. be punished as guilty of rebellion. (2) Dans le cas ou la rébellion (2) Where the rebellion has not n’aurait pas eu lieu le provocateur taken place, the person so instigating shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 year.

153 Fine for rebellion Where the sentence is merely imprisonment for rebellion, the offender may also be condemned to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

154 Rebellious meeting (1) Seront punies comme réunions de rebelles, celles qui auront été formées (1) Meetings with or without arms, avec ou sans armes, accompagnées de attended with violence or threats against the violences ou de menaces contre l’autorité administrative authority, or the officers or administrative, les officiers et les agents de agents of police, or against the civil or police, ou contre la force publique – military authorities shall be punished as rebellious meetings, when formed – (a) par les ouvriers ou (a) by workmen, or day- journaliers, dans les ateliers labourers, employed in any publics, ou dans les public works, or in any manufactures, ou sur les manufactory, or on any habitations; landed estate; (b) par les individus admis dans (b) by persons admitted into an les hospices; ou alms house; or (c) par des prisonniers (c) by prisoners accused or prévenus, accusés, ou convicted of any offence. condamnés. (2) Such punishment shall be (2) La peine sera toujours appliquée always applied to those who have instigated à ceux aui auront provoqué la rébellion. the rebellion.

155 Rebellion by prisoner La peine appliquée pour rébellion à The punishment for rebellion, des prisonniers prévenus, accusés ou pronounced against prisoners, persons condamnés, relativement à d’autre crimes charged, convicted of any other crime or ou délits, sera par eux subie, savoir – misdemeanour shall be by them undergone as follows – (a) par ceux qui, à raison des (a) by those who, on account of crimes ou délits qui ont the crimes or causé leur détention, sont misdemeanours which have ou ser-aient condamnés à caused their detention, are une peine non capitale, or may be condemned to a immédiatement après punishment not capital, l’expiration de cette peine; immediately after the expiry et of such punish-ment; and (b) par les autres, immédiate- (b) by the others immediately ment après l’arrêt ou after the final decree or jugement en dernier ressort, judgment, which has ac- qui les aura acquittés ou quitted them, or absolved renvoyés absous du fait them from the offence for pour lequel ils étaient which they were detained. détenus.

156 Outrage against depository of public authority (1) L’outrage fait publiquement, (1) Any outrage committed publicly, d’une manière quelconque, dans l’exercice in any manner, whether against one or more de leurs fonctions, ou à raison de leurs members of the Cabinet or of the Assembly, fonctions, soit à un ou plusieurs membres or against a tribunal or court or one or more du Cabinet ou de l’Assemblée Nationale, Magistrates, or a public functionary, or a soit à un Tribunal ou à une Cour de Justice, minister of a religion recognised in Mauritius ou à un ou plusieurs Magistrats, soit à un provided such outrage is committed against fonctionnaire public, soit à un ministre d’une any of the aforesaid, whilst acting in the religion reconnue à Maurice sera puni de exercise of their functions, or on account of l’emprisonnement, et d’une amende qui such functions, shall be punished by n’excèdera pas 10,000 roupies. imprisonment, and by a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. (2) Le même délit envers un (2) The like offence against an assesseur ou un juré à raison de ses assessor or juryman on account of his fonctions, ou envers un témoin à raison de functions, or against a witness on account of sa déposition, sera puni d’un his evidence, shall be punished by emprisonnement qui ne pourra excéder un imprisonment for a term not exceeding one an, et d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas year, and by a fine not exceeding 8,000 8,000 roupies. rupees. (3) S’il s’agit d’un officier ministériel, (3) Where the offence is against a ou d’un agent dépositaire de la force ministerial officer, or an agent of the civil or publique, la peine sera d’un military authorities, the punishment shall be emprisonnement qui n’excèdera pas 6 mois imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 et d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas 5,000 months, and a fine not exceeding 5,000 roupies. rupees. [R 2/83; Amended 29/90; 5/99]

157 Outrage against commander of civil or military authorities La peine sera de l’emprisonnement The punishment shall be de 6 mois au plus, si l’outrage mentionné en imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 la section 156 a été dirigé contre un months, if the outrage mentioned in section commandant de la force publique. 156 has been directed against a commander of the civil or military authorities.

158 Assault against member of the Assembly or judicial officer (1) Tout individu qui, même sans (1) Any person who, even without armes, et sans qu’il en soit résulté de arms and though no wound should ensue, blessures, aura frappé ou assailli un strikes or assaults a member of the Cabinet, membre du Cabinet, ou de l’Assemblée or of the Assembly, or a Magistrate or Nationale, ou un Magistrat dans l’exercice Judge, in the exercise of his functions, or on de ses fonctions, ou à l’occasion de cet account of such functions, exercice, shall be punishment by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 3 years and by a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. (2) Si cette voie de fait a eu lieu (2) Where such assault is committed dans la Chambre de l’Assemblée, ou à in the Assembly Chamber, or during the l’audience d’une cour ou d’un tribunal, sitting of a court or tribunal, the punishment may be penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years and a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. [R 2/83; Amended 48/91; 5/99]

159 Assault against agent of civil or military authorities Any violence of the description specified in section 158, where directed against a ministerial officer, an agent of the civil or military authorities or any person entrusted with a public duty, and where committed whilst such officer, agent or person is performing his public duty or where committed in relation thereto, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and by a fine not exceeding 3,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90]

160 Assault with wounding or premeditation Si les violences exercées contre les Where the violence used against the fonctionnaires et agents designés aux functionaries or agents mentioned in sections 158 et 159, ont été la cause sections 158 and 159 has caused effusion d’effusion de sang, blessures ou maladie, et of blood, or a wound, or illness, and, even dans le cas même où ces violences where such violence has caused no effusion n’auraient pas causé d’effusion de sang, of blood, nor wound, nor illness, where the blessures ou maladie, si les coups ont été blows have been given with premeditation or portés avec préméditation, ou de guet- lying in wait, the punishment shall be penal apens, la punition sera la servitude pénale. servitude. 161 –

162 Witness giving false excuse Les témoins cités en justice qui auront Any witness, judicially summoned, allégué une excuse reconnue fausse, seront who has alleged an excuse proved to be condamnés à un emprisonnement qui ne false, shall be condemned to imprisonment pourra excéder un an et à une amende qui for a term not exceeding one year and to a n’excèdera pas 10,000 roupies. fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

163 Penalty for responsible officer in case of escape of prisoner Toutes les fois qu’une évasion de Where a prisoner escapes, the détenus aura lieu, les officiers et gardes de officers and constables of Police, the Police, les concierges, gardiens, geôliers, et keepers of prisons, gaolers, turnkeys, and tous autres préposés à la conduite, au all other persons entrusted with the charge, transport ou à la garde des detenus, seront conveyance, or custody of such prisoner punis comme indiqué aux sections 164 à shall be punished in the manner specified in 172. sections 164 to 172.

164 Aiding prisoner charged with misdemeanour Where the party escaping is charged with, or accused, or convicted, of a misdemeanour, the person entrusted with the custody or conveyance of such party shall be punished, in the case of negligence, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, and in the case of connivance, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.

165 Aiding prisoner charged with crime Si le détenu évadé était prévenu ou Where the party escaping is charged accusé d’un crime ou condamné pour crime, with, or accused, or convicted of a crime, the la peine sera contre les préposés à sa garde punishment, as regards the persons ou conduite, en cas de négligence, un entrusted with the custody or conveyance of emprisonnement qui ne pourra excéder 6 such party, shall in the case of negligence, mois et en case de connivence, la peine be imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 sera une servitude pénale qui ne pourra months and in the case of connivance, the excéder 5 ans. punishment shall be penal servitude for a term not exceeding 5 years. [R 2/83]

166 Aiding prisoner to escape by violence Where the escape has been effected or attempted by violence or breach of prison, the punishment as regards those who have aided it by furnishing any instrument calculated for effecting such escape, shall, where the party escaping is of the description specified in section 164, be imprisonment, and of that in section 165, be penal servitude for a term not exceeding 5 years. [R 2/83]

167 Third party aiding prisoner to escape by violence (1) Si les violences ou le bris de (1) Where the violence, or breach of prison ont été exercés par des tiers pour prison has been committed by third parties, favoriser l’évasion du prisonnier, les for the purpose of aiding the escape of the coupables prisoner, the offenders shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. [R 2/83]

168 Aiding prisoner to escape by supply of arms (1) Where such escape has been facilitated by the supply of any arms, the keeper or person entrusted with the conveyance of the prisoner who has participated in such escape, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. (2) Where the crime is committed by another person, that person shall be liable to the same punishment. [R 2/83]

169 Supplying prisoner with instrument for escape Toute personne qui aura fourni aux Any person who supplies a prisoner détenus, ou cherché à introduire dans les with, or endeavours to introduce into a prisons, des instruments ou toutes choses prison, any instrument, or anything propres à favoriser l’évasion, sera punie de calculated to facilitate the escape of a l’emprisonnement qui n’excèdera pas un an. prisoner, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.

170 Escaping from legal custody A l’égard des détenus qui se seront Any prisoner who escapes or évadés ou qui auront tenté de s’évader par attempts to escape, by breach of prison or bris de prison ou par violences, ils seront, by violence, shall, for such act only, be pour ce seul fait, punis d’un punished by imprisonment not exceeding emprisonnement qui ne pourra excéder un one year, and shall undergo such an, et subiront cette peine immédiatement punishment immediately after the expiry of après l’expiration de celle qu’ils auront that which he incurred for the crime or encourue pour le crime ou délit à raison misdemeanour for which he was imprisoned, duquel ils etaient detenus, ou or immediately after the decree or judgment immédiatement après l’arrêt ou jugement qui which acquitted or absolved him from such les aura acquittés ou renvoyés absous du dit crime or misdemeanour, the punishment crime ou délit, le tout sans préjudice de plus being without prejudice to any severer fortes peines qu’ils auraient pu encourir pour punishment which he may have incurred for d’autres crimes qu’ils auraient commis dans any other crime which he may have leurs violences. committed in the course of such violence.

171 Penalty not applicable in case of negligence of responsible officer Les peines d’emprisonnement conducteurs ou gardiens, en cas de établies aux sections 163 à 170 contre les négligence seulement, cesseront lorsque les évadés seront repris ou représentés, pourvu those entrusted with the conveyance or que ce soit dans les 4 mois de l’évasion, et custody of any prisoner, shall, in the case of qu’ils ne soient pas arrêtés pour d’autres negligence only, cease, on the party that crimes ou délits commis postérieurement. had escaped being captured or produced, where that takes place within 4 months of such escape and that such party has not The punishment of imprisonment been arrested for any other crime or provided in sections 163 to 170 against misdemeanour committed subsequently.

172 Harbouring criminal (1) Ceux qui auront recélé ou fait (1) Any person who harbours, or recéler des personnes qu’ils savaient avoir causes to be harboured, any person whom commis des crimes, avoir été condamnés he knew to have committed a crime, or to pour ces mêmes crimes ou qu’ils savaient have been condemned for such crime, or être sous le coup d’un mandat de dépôt ou against whom he knew that a warrant of d’arrêt, seront punis de la peine de arrest or imprisonment had been issued, l’emprisonnement shall be punished by imprisonment. (2) Son exceptés de la présente (2) Relations in the direct line of disposition les ascendants ou descendants, ascent or descent, and the husband or wife, époux ou épouse, frères ou soeurs des brother or sister of the offenders so criminels recélés. harboured are excepted from subsection (1).

173 Failing to prevent breaking of Government seal Lorsque des scéllés apposés, soit par Where a seal affixed, whether by ordre du Gouvernement, soit par suite d’une order of the Government, or under a judicial ordonnance de justice rendue en quelque decree made in any matter, is broken, the matière que ce soit, auront été brisés, les person in charge of it, for mere negligence, gardiens seront punis, pour simple shall be punished by imprisonment for a négligence, d’un emprisonnement qui ne term not exceeding 6 months. pourra excéder 6 mois.

174 Penalty where seal relates to criminal proceedings Where such breaking of seals relates to papers or effects appertaining to a criminal proceeding, or to an individual charged with, or accused of, a crime punishable by death, or penal servitude, or who has been sentenced to one of these punishments, the person in charge shall, for his negligence, be punished by imprisonment.

175 Breaking of seal relating to criminal proceedings Any person who wilfully breaks any seal affixed on papers or effects specified in section 174, or participates in such breaking of seal, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 5 years, or by imprisonment, and where he was the guardian of the papers or effects, he may be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. [R 2/83]

176 Breaking of other seal With respect to all other breakings of seals, the offender shall be punished by imprisonment, and where he is the guardian thereof, he may be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 5 years. [R 2/83]

177 Larceny by breaking of seal Tout vol commis à l’aide d’un bris de Any larceny committed by means of scellés, sera puni comme vol commis à the breaking of a seal, shall be punished as l’aide d’effraction. larceny with breaking.

178 Failing to prevent purloining of document entrusted to depository Quant aux soustractions, With regard to the purloining, destructions, et enlèvements de pièces ou destruction, or carrying off of criminal de procédures criminelles, ou d’autres proceedings or articles appertaining thereto, papiers, registres, actes et effets, contenus or of any other papers, registers, deeds, or dans les archives, greffes, ou dépôts effects contained in the archives, registries publics, ou remis à un dépositaire public en or places of public deposit, or entrusted to a cette qualité, les peines seront, contre les public depositary in his capacity as such, the greffiers, archivistes, notaires ou autres punishment for negligence to be applied to dépositaires négligents, d’un the registrar, archivist, notary or other emprisonnement qui ne pourra excéder un depositary, shall be imprisonment for a term an, et d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas not exceeding one year, and a fine not 10,000 roupies. exceeding 10,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

179 Purloining of document from place of public deposit (1) Any person who is convicted of the purloining, carrying off, or destruction, specified in section 178 shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. (2) Where such crime is committed by the depositary himself, he shall be punished by penal servitude. [R 2/83]

180 Breaking of seal, and purloining of document, by violence Where such breaking of seal, purloining, carrying off or destruction of articles is committed with violence towards any person, the punishment shall be penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years, without prejudice to any severer punishment which the nature of such violence, or of any other crime by which it may be attended, may require. [R 2/83]

181 Damaging monument (1) Quiconque aura détruit, abattu, (1) Any person who destroys, mutilé ou dégradé des monuments, statues, throws down, mutilates, or damages any et autres objets destinés à l’utilité ou à la monument, statue, or other object intended decoration publique, et élevés par l’autorité for public utility or embellishment and publique ou avec son autorisation, sera puni erected by public authority, shall be d’un emprisonnement qui ne pourra excéder punished by imprisonment for a term not un an, et d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas exceeding one year, and by a fine not 10,000 roupies. exceeding 10,000 rupees. (2) La même peine sera portée à (2) The like punishment shall apply tout enlèvement ou dégradation de signes to any carrying away of, or any damage publics du Président. done to, any public symbol of the President. (3) Si les monuments, statues, ou (3) Where such monument, statue, autres objets détruits, abattus, mutilés ou or other object, so destroyed, thrown down, dégradés étaient consacrés, soit à la mutilated or damaged, was devoted to any religion, soit à l’un des cultes autorisés à one of the cults or religions authorised in Maurice, le coupable sera puni d’un Mauritius, the offender shall be punished by emprisonnement qui ne pourra excéder un imprisonment for a term not exceeding one an, et d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas year, and by a fine not exceeding 10,000 10,000 roupies rupees. (4) La peine sera de l’emprisonne- (4) The punishment shall be ment, et d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas imprisonment, and a fine not exceeding 15,000 roupies, si le délit a été commis à 15,000 rupees, if such offence is committed l’intérieur d’un édifice consacré à la religion, in the interior of a building devoted to ou à l’exercise d’un culte autorisé à Maurice. religion, or to the practice of any religion which is authorised in Mauritius. [Amended 29/90; 48/91; 5/99]

181A Protection of flag (1) Any person who, by any means or in any manner – (a) holds up to; or (b) brings into, hatred or ridicule the Flag of Mauritius or of any other State shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. (2) Where in any criminal proceedings, any question arises whether or not a flag is the Flag of Mauritius or that of any other State, a certificate issued by or under the authority of the Prime Minister stating any fact relating to that question shall be conclusive evidence of that fact. [Amended 30/91; 5/99]

182 Usurping public function Quiconque, sans titre, se sera l’emprisonnement, sans prejudice de la immiscé dans des fonctions publiques, peine de faux, si l’acte porte le caractère de civiles ou militaires, ou aura fait les actes ce crime. d’une de ces fonctions, sera puni de Any person who, without any title, imprisonment, without prejudice to the takes upon himself any public functions, civil punishment for forgery, if such act bears the or military, or performs any act appertaining character of that crime. to such functions, shall be punished by

182A Unlawful wearing of uniform (1) Any person who, without lawful authority – (a) wears any uniform of the Police Force or of the armed forces where he is not entitled to do so; (b) wears any article of clothing or other article likely to be mistaken for uniform mentioned in paragraph (a) unless he satisfies the court that he had no intention that it should be so mistaken; (c) has in his possession, or sells or otherwise disposes of, a uniform mentioned in paragraph (a), to any person who is not authorised to wear that uniform, shall commit an offence. (2) (a) No person shall import a uniform mentioned in subsection (1)(a) without the permission of the Commissioner of Police. (b) A person who fails to comply with paragraph (a) shall commit an offence. (3) In this section – “uniform” includes headgear, badge, brassard, clothing, equipment and every article forming part of a uniform. (4) Any person who commits an offence under this section shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. [Amended 30/91; 5/99]

183 Interference with freedom of conscience Tout particulier qui par des voies de Any person who by open and overt fait ou des menaces, aura contraint ou act, or by threats, compels another to empêché une ou plusieurs personnes practise one of the authorised religions or to d’exercer l’un des cultes autorisés, attend the practice of such religion, or to d’assister à l’exercice de ce culte, de celebrate certain days of rest, or prevents célébrer certaines fêtes, d’observer certains him therefrom, and any person who, in jours de repos, et en conséquence, d’ouvrir consequence, compels him to open or shut et de fermer leurs ateliers, boutiques ou his manufactories, shops or premises, and magasins, et de faire ou quitter certains to perform or discontinue certain works, or travaux, sera puni, pour ce seul fait, d’une who prevents him therefrom, shall be amende qui ne pourra excéder 10,000 punished for such offence alone, by a fine roupies, et d’un emprisonnement qui not exceeding 10,000 rupees, and by n’excèdera pas 2 mois. imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 months. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

184 Disturbing religious ceremony Ceux qui, soit dans les édifices Any person who, whether in a building destinés ou servant actuellement à devoted to or actually used for the practice l’exercice d’un culte établi à Maurice, soit of a religion which is established in même à l’extérieur de cet édifice, auront Mauritius, or even at the outside of such troublé ou empêché les cérémonies de ce building, disturbs, or prevents the culte, seront punis d’une amende qui ne ceremonies of such religion, shall be pourra excéder 10,000 roupies, et ils punished by a fine not exceeding 10,000 pourront en outre etre condamnés à un rupees and imprisonment for a term not emprisonnement qui n’excèdera pas 6 mois. exceeding 6 months. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

185 Outrage on religious worship Toute personne qui aura, par paroles Any person who, by word or gesture, ou gestes, outragé les objets d’un culte dans commits an outrage on the objects used for les lieux destinés ou servant actuellement à religious worship in the place devoted to or son service, ou les ministres de ce culte actually used for such religious worship, or dans leurs fonctions, sera punie d’une upon any minister of such religion whilst amende qui ne pourra excéder 10,000 officiating as such, shall be punished by a roupies, et elle pourra en outre être fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees, and condamnée à un emprisonne-ment qui imprisonment for a term not exceeding one n’excèdera pas un an. year. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

186 Assaulting and outraging minister of religion Quiconque aura assailli ou frappé le Any person who assaults a minister of ministre d’un culte dans ses fonctions sera religion, whilst officiating as such shall be puni d’une amende qui ne pourra excéder liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees 10,000 roupies, et de l’emprisonnement. and to imprisonment. [Amended 5/99]

187 Penalty not applicable where there is a severer penalty Les sections 183 à 186 ne Sections 183 to 186 apply only to the s’appliquent qu’aux troubles, outrages et disturbances, outrages and assaults, which voies de fait dont la nature ou les from their nature and circumstances are not circonstances ne donneront pas lieu à de punishable with severer penalties under the plus fortes peines, d’après les autres other provisions of this Code. dispositions du présent Code.

188 Association of malefactors Toute association de malfaiteurs Any association of malefactors envers les personnes ou les propriétés, est against the persons or property of un crime contre la paix publique. individuals, is a crime against the public peace.

189 Interpretation of “association of malefactors” Ce crime existe par le seul fait Such crime exists by the mere fact of d’organisation de bandes, ou de correspon- an organisation of a band, or of dance entre elles et leurs chefs ou correspondence between such band and its commandants, ou de conventions tendant à chiefs or commanders, or of an agreement rendre compte ou à faire distribution ou having for object to give an account or to partage du produit des méfaits. make a distribution or division of the produce of their wrongful acts.

190 Ringleader of association of malefactors Quand même ce crime n’aurait été Where even such crime is not accompagné ni suivi d’aucun autre, les accompanied or followed by any other auteurs, directeurs de l’association, et les crime, the author or director of such commandants en chef ou en sous ordre de association, and the chief or subordinate ces bandes, commanders of such band, shall be punished by penal servitude.

191 Forming part of, and aiding or harbouring, association of malefactors Tous autres individus faisant partie de Any other person forming part of such ces bandes, et ceux qui auront sciemment band, and any person who knowingly and et volontairement fourni aux bandes ou à wilfully supplies such band or any portion leurs divisions, des armes, munitions, thereof, with arms, ammunition, instruments instruments de crimes, logement, retraite ou of crime, lodging, or place of retreat or lieu de réunion, meeting, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. [R 2/83] 192-195 –

196 Begging (1) Toute personne qui aura été trouvée mendiant, s’il existe une maison de (1) Any person found begging, shall, refuge et de travail, sera punie d’un mois if an asylum or work house is available be d’emprisonnement. punished by imprisonment for one month. (2) S’il n’existe pas de tel establisse- (2) Where there is no such ment, les mendiants valides seront punis establish-ment, able-bodied beggars shall d’un emprisonnement de 15 jours. be punished by imprisonment for 15 days. (3) Any person referred to in subsection (1) or (2) may, instead of being sentenced to imprisonment, be ordered to pay a fine not exceeding 1,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90]

197 Begging with threat Tous mendiants, même invalides, qui Any beggar, even though not auront usé de menaces ou seront entrés ablebodied, who uses threats, or without sans permission du propriétaire ou des permission from the owner or person living personnes de sa maison, soit dans une in a house, enters either into a place of habitation, soit dans un enclos en abode, or into any enclosure belonging to it, dépendant, ou qui feindront des plaies ou or who feigns any sore or infirmity, or who infirmités, ou qui mendieront en réunion, begs in a body, shall be punished by seront punis de l’emprisonnement imprisonment.

198 Interpretation of “vagrant” Any beggar, in case of a subsequent conviction for an offence under section 196 or 197, shall be declared to be a vagrant, and shall be punished as prescribed. 199-200 –

201 Begging with violence Tout mendiant qui aura exercé Any beggar who uses any violence quelque acte de violence que ce soit envers against any person shall be punished by les personnes, sera puni de against any person shall be punished by l’emprisonnement, sans préjudice de peines imprisonment, without prejudice to any plus fortes, s’il y a lieu, à raison du genre et severer punishment which may be required des circonstances de la violence. in consequence of the nature and circumstances of such violence.

202 Publishing matter without description of author Toute publication ou distribution Any publication, or distribution of any d’ouvrages, écrits, avis, affiches, bulletins, work, writing, advertisement, notice, journaux, feuilles périodiques, et de tous newspaper, periodical paper, or of any other imprimés, dans lesquels ne se trouvera pas printed writing, which does not contain the l’indication vraie des noms, profession et real description of the name, profession, and demeure de l’auteur du manuscrit ou de place of abode of the author of the l’imprimeur, selon qu’il s’agira d’un écrit, ou manuscript, or of the printer, as the case d’un imprimé, sera, pour ce seul fait, puni may be, shall, on this account alone, make d’une amende qui ne pourra excéder 10,000 every person, who knowingly contributes to roupies et d’un emprisonnement qui ne the publication or distribution thereof, liable pourra excéder 6 mois contre toute to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees and to personne qui aura sciemment contribué à la imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 publication ou distribution. months. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

203 Penalty applicable for revealing author of writing Cette disposition pourra être réduite à (a) à l’égard des crieurs, afficheurs, des peines de simple police – vendeurs ou distributeurs qui auront fait connaître la personne de laquelle ils tiennent l’écrit ou known the person from l’imprimé; whom he received the (b) à l’égard de quiconque, étant manuscript or printed coupable du délit prévu à la writing; section 202, aura fait connaître (b) any person who being guilty l’imprimeur; of the offences specified in (c) à l’égard même de l’imprimeur ou section 202, makes known du graveur qui aura fait connaître the printer; l’auteur ou la personne qui les (c) the printer or engraver who aura chargés de l’impression ou makes known the author or de la gravure. the person who entrusted The punishment shall be that provided him with the printing or in section 382 in the case of – engraving. (a) any crier, bill sticker, vendor or distributor, who makes

204 Publishing matter conductive to crime (1) Si l’écrit ou l’imprimé contient (1) Where the manuscript or printed quelques provocations à des crimes ou writing contains any instigation to a crime or délits, les crieurs, afficheurs, vendeurs et a misdemeanour, the crier, bill sticker, distributeurs seront punis, comme complices vendor or distributor shall be punished as des provocations, à moins qu’ils n’aient fait the accomplice of the instigator, unless such connaître ceux dont ils tiennent l’écrit ou crier, bill sticker, vendor or distributor makes l’imprimé contenant la provocation. known the person from whom he has received the manuscript or printed writing containing such instigation. (2) Where such disclosure is made, (2) En cas de révélation, ils the crier, bill sticker, vendor, or distributor n’encourront qu’un emprisonnement qui ne shall only be liable to imprisonment for a pourra excéder 3 mois, et la peine de term not exceeding 3 months, and the complicité ne restera applicable qu’à ceux punishment for being an accomplice shall qui n’auront point fait connaître les only apply to those who have not made personnes dont ils auront reçu l’écrit ou known the persons from whom they l’imprimé, et à l’imprimeur s’il est connu. received the manuscript or printed writing, and also to the printer, where he is known.

205 Forfeiture of publication Dans tous les cas prévus aux In every case specified in sections sections 202 à 204, il y aura confiscation 202 to 204, any copies seized shall be des exemplaires saisis. forfeited.

206 Outrage against public and religious morality (1) (a) Any person who – (i) by words, exclamations or threats used in a public place or meeting; (ii) by any writing, newspaper, pamphlet or other printed matter, or by any drawing, engraving, picture, emblem or image, sold or distributed or put up for sale or exhibited in any public place or meeting; or (iii) by any placard or handbill exhibited for public inspection, commits any outrage against any religion legally established, or against good morals or against public and religious morality (‘la morale publique et religieuse’), shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. (b) Matters of opinion on religious questions, decently expressed or written, shall not be deemed to be an outrage. (2) Any person who hawks for sale, or circulates, or exhibits any such writing, newspaper, pamphlet, or other printed matter, drawing, engraving, picture, emblem or image, placard or handbill, shall, on conviction, be liable to the penalty specified in subsection (1). (3) The copies of any obscene writing, newspaper, pamphlet, or other printed matter, drawing, engraving, picture, emblem or image, placard or handbill, which are exposed to public view, or hawked for sale, may be seized and forfeited. (4) The Public Officers’ Protection Act shall apply to subsection (3). [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

207 Penalty applicable for revealing author of outrage against religion The punishment shall be that provided La peine d’emprisonnement et in section 382 in the case of – l’amende prononcées par la section 206 sont réduites à des peines de simple police – (a) any crier, bill sticker, vendor (a) à l’égard des crieurs, or distributor, who makes afficheurs, vendeurs ou known the person from distributeurs qui auront fait whom he received the connaître la personne qui article, by means of which leur aura remis l’object du the offence has been délit; committed; (b) à l’égard de quiconque aura (b) any person who makes fait connaître l’imprimeur ou known the printer or en- le graveur; graver; (c) à l’égard même de l’impri- (c) the printer, or engraver, who meur ou du graveur qui aura makes known the author or fait connaître l’auteur ou la person who entrusted him personne qui les aura char- with the printing or en- gés de l’impression ou de la graving. gravure.

208 Penalty applicable to author of outrage against religion Dans tous les cas exprimés aux In every case specified in sections sections 202 à 207, et où l’auteur sera 202 to 207, and where the author is known, connu, il ne pourra être condamné à une he shall not be condemned to a punishment peine moindre que celle attachée à l’espèce less than that provided for the description of du délit dont il se sera rendu coupable. the offence of which he is guilty.

209 Penalty for assisting illegal publication Tout individu qui, sans y avoir été Any person, who, without having been autorisé par la police, fera le métier de crieur thereunto authorised by the Police, acts as ou afficheur d’écrits, imprimés, dessins ou crier or sticker of any printed writing, gravures, même munis des noms d’auteur, drawing or engraving, although bearing the imprimeur, dessinateur ou graveur, sera name of the author, printer, drawer or puni d’un emprisonnement qui ne pourra engraver thereof, shall be punished by excéder 2 mois. imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 months. 210-213 –

214 Binding person to engage in breach of public order (1) Toute personne qui, de quelque (1) Any person who, in any manner manière ou dans quelque forme que ce soit, and under any form, administers any oath, fera prêter aucun serment, ou consentir or causes the consent to any engagement, aucun engagement ayant pour object ou having for object or consequence to bind pour effect de lier quelqu’un à s’engager any individual to engage in an act having a dans aucun acte ayant un but séditieux, ou seditious purpose, or tending to disturb the tendant à troubler la paix publique, ou à faire public peace, or to form part of any partie d’aucune association ou réunion association or meeting instituted for such formée à cet effet, ou à obéir aux ordres ou purpose, or to obey the orders or command commandement de tout corps ou comité non of any body or committee not legally légalement constitué, ou de tout chef, constituted, or of any chief, commander or commandant ou toute autre personne other person having no legal authority, or n’ayant aucune autorité légale, ou à ne faire not to make known or denounce any of the connaître ou dénoncer aucune des persons forming part of such society, or not personnes faisant partie des dites sociétés, to give information or evidence against such et à ne déposer ni témoigner contre elles, ni persons, nor to disclose or divulge any of à révéler ou divulguer aucun des actes y the acts connected therewith, relatifs, shall be punished by penal servitude (2) La même peine sera appliquée à (2) The like punishment shall be tous ceux qui auront aidé, assisté ou applied to all those who have aided, concouru à la prestation du serment ou à assisted, or abetted in administering the l’engagement ci-dessus mentionné. oath or engagement. TITLE II – OFFENCES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS CHAPTER I – OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON

215 Interpretation of “manslaughter” L’homicide commis volontairement est Homicide committed wilfully is qualifiée meurtre. manslaughter.

216 Interpretation of “murder” Tout meurtre commis avec prémé- Manslaughter committed with ditation ou de guet-apens, est qualifié premeditation or by lying in wait is murder. assassinat.

217 Interpretation of “premeditation” La préméditation consiste dans le Premeditation consists in the dessin formé d’attenter à la personne d’un determined intention of attempting the individu déterminé, ou même de celui qui person of any particular individual, or of any sera trouvé ou rencontré, quand même ce individual who may be found or met with, dessein serait dépendant de quelque even though such intention should depend circonstance ou de quelque condition. upon some circumstance or condition.

218 Interpretation of “lying in wait” Le guet-apens consiste à attendre Lying in wait consists in waiting for a plus ou moins de temps dans un ou divers greater or lesser time, in one or more lieux, un individu, soit pour lui donner la places, for an individual, whether for the mort, soit pour exercer sur lui des actes de purpose of inflicting death or for committing violence. any act of violence upon such individual. 219 –

220 Murder of newly born child and infanticide (1) Any person who by a wilful act of commission or omission, done with intent to cause the death of a newly born child, causes the death of such newly born child, shall be guilty of the crime of murder of a newly born child. (2) Where such crime is committed by a woman in respect of her newly born child but at the time of the act of commission or omission she had not fully recovered from the effect of giving birth to such child and by reason thereof the balance of her mind was then disturbed, she shall, notwithstanding that the circumstances were such that but for this section the offence would have amounted to murder of a newly born child, be guilty of the crime of infanticide, and may be dealt with and punished as if guilty of infanticide. (3) Where on the trial of a woman for the murder of her newly born child, the jury is of the opinion that she by any wilful act of commission or omission caused its death, but that at the time of such act of commission or omission she had not fully recovered from the effect of giving birth to such child, and that by reason thereof the balance of her mind was then disturbed, the jury may, notwithstanding that the circumstances were such that but for this section it might have returned a verdict of murder of a newly born child, return a verdict of infanticide instead. (4) A jury on a criminal information for the murder of a newly born child or for infanticide may return a verdict of manslaughter or a verdict of involuntary homicide, or a verdict of guilty but insane or a verdict of concealment of birth under section 70 of the Civil Status Act. [Amended 23/81] 221 –

222 Penalty for murder and infanticide (1) Any person who is convicted of – (a) murder or murder of a newly born child, shall be sentenced to penal servitude for 45 years; (b) attempt at murder or attempt at murder of a newly born child, shall be liable to penal servitude for 45 years. (2) Any woman guilty of infanticide shall be liable to penal servitude for life or for a term not exceeding 15 years. (3) Any woman guilty of attempt at infanticide shall be liable to penal servitude. [R 2/83; Amended 31/95]

223 Penalty for manslaughter (1) Any person guilty of manslaughter preceding, accompanying or following another crime shall be liable to penal servitude for life. (2) Any person who attempts to commit manslaughter in the cases mentioned in this section shall be liable to penal servitude. (3) In every other case, a person guilty of manslaughter shall be liable to penal servitude for life or for a term not exceeding 20 years. [R 2/83]

224 Demanding by written threat of violence Any person, who by any writing, whether anonymous or signed, threatens any individual with murder, poisoning or any other attempt against the person of such individual punishable by penal servitude, shall be punished by penal servitude, where the threat is accompanied by an order to deposit a sum of money in a certain place, or to fulfil any other condition. [Amended 31/95]

225 Threatening in writing Si cette menace n’a été Where the threat is not accompanied accompagnée d’aucun ordre ou condition, la by any order or condition, the punishment peine sera de l’emprisonnement. shall be imprisonment.

226 Threatening verbally Si la menace faite avec ordre ou sous Where the threat, so accompanied by condition a été verbale, le coupable sera an order or condition, has been made puni d’un emprisonnement qui n’excédera verbally, the offender shall be punished by pas un an. imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.

227 Demanding by threat of false accusation Any person who falsely charges or threatens to charge any person with having committed an offence, with intent to extort or obtain by intimidation from such person, money or other property, shall, on conviction, be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. [R 2/83]

228 Assault with aggravating circumstance (1) Tout individu qui, volontairement (1) Any person who wilfully inflicts aura fait des blessures, porté des coups, ou any wound or blow, or is the author of any commis toute autre violence ou voie de fait, other violence or assault shall if such act of s’il est résulté de ces actes de violence une violence has caused any sickness or maladie ou incapacité de travail personnel incapacity for personal labour for more than pendant plus de 20 jours, sera puni de 20 days, be punished by imprisonment and l’emprisonnement et d’une amende a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. n’excédant pas 10,000 roupies. (2) Lorsque par l’effet des violences (2) Where as a result of any act of exprimées à l’alinéa (1), la personne violence specified in subsection (1) the maltraitée aura eu un bras, une jambe, une person injured or assaulted has had an arm, cuisse cassée, aura perdu la vue, ou même a leg or a thigh broken, or has lost the use of l’usage d’un oeil, le coupable sera puni de both eyes or of one eye only, the offender servitude pénale n’excédant pas 10 ans et shall be punished by penal servitude not d’une amende n’excédant pas 10,000 exceeding 10 years and to a fine not roupies. exceeding 10,000 rupees. (3) Si les coups portés ou les (3) Where the wound or blow blessures faites volontairement mais sans inflicted wilfully, but without intention to kill, l’intention de donner la mort, l’ont pourtant shall nevertheless cause death, the offender occasionnée, le coupable sera puni de shall be punished by penal servitude for servitude pénale n’excédant pas 10 ans. term not exceeding 10 years. (4) Si le crime prévu à l’alinéa (3) (4) Where the crime specified in aura précédé, accompagné ou suivi un autre subsection (3) has preceded, accompanied crime, le coupable sera puni de servitude or followed another crime, the offender shall pénale. be punished by penal servitude. (5) (a) Notwithstanding section 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, where it is averred that the victim of any offence specified in subsections (1) to (4) is a minor under the age of 16 or a physically or mentally handicapped person, the person charged shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years. (b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a). [R 2/83; Amended 29/90; 13/98; 5/99]

228A Assault with corrosive substance (1) Any person who, by means of an acid or other corrosive substance, wilfully inflicts any wound or blow on any other person, shall be punished by imprisonment. (2) Where as a result of an act of violence specified in subsection (1), the person injured - (a) suffers sickness or incapacity for personal labour for more than 20 days; or (b) loses the use of one eye or both eyes, the offender shall be punished by penal servitude. (3) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under this section. [Added 25/01]

229 Assault with premeditation Where there has been premeditation or lying in wait, the punishment, if death has ensued, shall be penal servitude, and if death has not ensued, shall be penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. [R 2/83]

230 Assault (1) Lorsque les blessures, les coups (1) Where such wound, blow or ou autres violences ou violes de fait n’auront other violence or assault has not caused any occasionné aucune maladie ni incapacité de sickness or incapacity from personal labour travail personnel de l’espèce mentionnée of the description mentioned in section 228 dans la section 228 le coupable sera punie the offender shall be punished by d’un emprisonnement qui ne pourra excéder imprisonment for a term not exceeding one un an, et d’une amende qui n’excédera pas year, and by a fine not exceeding 5,000 5,000 roupies. rupees. (2) S’il y a eu préméditation ou gue- (2) Where there has been tapens le coupable sera puni de premeditation or lying in wait, the offender l’emprisonnement et d’une amende qui ne shall be punished by imprisonment and by a pourra excéder 10,000 roupies. fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. (3) (a) Notwithstanding section 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, where it is averred that the assault is directed against a minor under the age of 14 or a physically or mentally handicapped person, a person charged under subsection (2) shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than 3 months. (b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a). [Amended 29/90; 13/98; 5/99]

231 Assault upon father or mother Dans les cas prévus par les sec- has committed the crime upon his father and tions 228 et 229, si le coupable a commis le mother, whether legitimate, natural or crime envers ses père ou mère légitimes, adoptive or upon his spouse or any person naturels ou adoptifs ou encore envers son with whom he lives or has lived maritally or époux ou toute autre personne avec qui il vit any minor child of such person, such ou a vécu maritalement ou un enfant mineur offender shall suffer the severest de cette personne, il sera puni de la peine la punishment set forth in those sections plus sévère prononcée par les sections, according to the distinctions therein selon les distinctions qui y sont établies. established. In the cases provided for by sections 228 and 229, where the offender [Amended 29/90; 13/98]

232 Assault by seditious gathering Les crimes et les délits prévus dans réunions, rébellions ou pillages qui seront les sections 215 à 238 s’ils sont commis en punis comme coupables de ces crimes ou réunion séditieuse, avec rébellion ou pillage délits, et condamnés aux même peines que sont imputables aux chefs, auteurs, ceux qui les auront personnellement instigateurs et provocateurs de ces commis. incitors of such meeting, rebellion or Where the crimes or misdemeanours plunder, who shall be punished as guilty of specified in sections 215 to 238 are such crimes or misdemeanours, and be committed by a seditious meeting, with condemned to the like punishments as those rebellion or plunder, they shall be imputable who have personally committed them. to the chiefs, authors, instigators, and

233 Dealing in offensive weapon (1) Tout individu qui aura fabriqué (1) Any person who manufactures or ou débité des stylets, poignards, couteaux sells any stiletto, dagger, knife in the shape en forme de poignards, soit de poche, soit of a dagger, whether for the pocket or for a de fusil, des baïonnettes, épées en bâton, fowling piece or any bayonet, swordstick, bâtons à ferrements autres que ceux qui loaded stick, other than those ironed at the sont ferrés par le bout, et autres armes end, or any other offensive weapon hidden offensives cachées ou secrètes, sera puni or secreted, shall be punished by d’un emprisonnement qui ne pourra excéder imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 6 mois. months. (2) Celui qui sera porteur d’armes spécifiées à l’alinéa (1), sera puni d’une (2) The bearer of any arms specified amende qui ne pourra excéder 2,000 in subsection (1), may be punished by a fine roupies. not exceeding 2,000 rupees. (3) Dans l’un et l’autre cas, les (3) In either case, the arms shall be armes seront confisquées. forfeited. (4) Les peines prévues aux alinéas (4) The penalty specified in (1) et (2) sont sans préjudice de plus forte subsections (1) and (2) is without prejudice peine, s’il y échet, en cas de complicité de to any severer punishment, according to crime. circumstances, in case of complicity in any crime. [Amended 29/90]

233A Sale or offer for sale of offensive instrument in the open (1) Any person who sells, exposes, keeps or offers for sale on the street, in a fair, or in any other open-air space, an axe, knife, cutlass, hook of any type, or any instrument or tool with a blade or pointed edge, shall commit an offence. (2) The offender shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding 2,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year. (3) Where any person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) the court may make an order for - (a) the forfeiture and disposal of any article in respect of which the offence was committed; (b) the cancellation of the licence or permit held by the offender. [Added 30/01]

233B Sale or offer for sale of offensive instrument to person under 12 (1) Any person who sells or offers for sale an axe, knife, cutlass, hook of any type, or any instrument or tool with a blade or pointed edge, to any person under the age of 12 shall commit an offence. (2) It shall be a defence to any prosecution under subsection (1) that the person charged had reasonable cause to believe that the child was above the age of 12. (3) The offender shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding 2000 rupees and imprisonment for a term of not exceeding 2 years. (4) Where any person is convicted of an offence under subsection(1), the court may make an order for the forfeiture and disposal of any article in respect of which the offence was committed. [Added 30/01]

234 Castration (1) Any person guilty of the crime of castration, or amputation or destruction of any organ necessary to generation, shall be punished by penal servitude. (2) Where death has ensured therefrom, the offender shall be punished by penal servitude for life. [R 2/83]

235 Abortion (1) Quiconque, par aliments, (1) Any person who, by any food, breuvages, médicaments, violences, ou de drink, medicine, or by violence, or by any toute autre manière, aura procuré other means, procures the miscarriage of l’avortement d’une femme enceinte, ou en any woman quick with child, or supplies the aura fourni les moyens, soit qu’elle y ait means of procuring such miscarriage, consenti ou non, whether the woman consents or not, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. (2) Les mêmes peines seront (2) The like punishment shall be prononcées contre la femme qui se sera pronounced against any woman who procuré l’avortement à elle-même, ou qui procures her own miscarriage, or who aura consenti à faire usage des moyens à consents to make use of the means pointed elle indiqués ou administrés à cet effet, si out or administered to her with that intent, if l’avortement s’en est suivi. such miscarriage ensues. (3) Any physician, surgeon, or pharmacist who points out, facilitates or administers the means of miscarriage shall, where miscarriage has ensued, be liable, on conviction, to penal servitude. [R 2/83]

236 Administering noxious substance (1) Any person who administers to or causes to be administered to or taken by any other person any drug, poison or other destructive or noxious thing, so as to endanger the life of such person, or so as to inflict upon such person any grievous bodily harm, or so as to stupefy or overpower such person and facilitate the commission of any offence, shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. (2) Where death has ensued from the commission of an offence under subsection (1), the offender shall be punished by penal servitude for life or for a term not exceeding 20 years. (3) Any person who administers to or causes to be administered to or taken by, any other person any poison or other destructive or noxious thing, with intent to injure, aggrieve or annoy such person, shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 5 years. [R 2/83]

237 Selling adulterated liquor (1) Quiconque aura vendu ou débité (1) Any person who sells or retails des boissons falsifiées, contenant des any adultered liquor, containing any mixtions nuisibles à la santé, sera puni de ingredient hurtful to health, shall be l’emprisonnement et d’une amende qui punished by imprisonment and by a fine not n’excèdera pas 10,000 roupies exceeding 10,000 rupees. (2) Seront saisies et confisquées les (2) The adulterated liquor, found to boissons falsifiées trouvées appartenir au belong to the vendor or retailer, shall be vendeur ou débitant. seized and forfeited. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

238 Selling unwholesome medecine Quiconque aura vendu ou exposé en Any person who sells, or exposes for vente des médicaments gâtés ou nuisibles, sale, any damaged or hurtful medicine shall sera puni de la peine portée en la section suffer the punishment specified in section 237. 237.

239 Involuntary homicide and wounds and blows (1) Quiconque, par maladresse, (1) Any person who, by imprudence, inattention, négligence ou unskilfulness, imprudence, want of caution, inobservation des règlements aura commis negligence or non-observance of involontairement un homicide, ou en aura regulations, involuntarily commits homicide, involontairement été la cause, sera puni de or is the unwilling cause of homicide shall be l’emprisonnement et d’une amende qui punished by imprisonment and by a fine not n’excèdera pas 50,000 roupies. exceeding 50,000 rupees. (2) S’il n’est résulté que des (2) S’il n’est résulté que des blessures ou coups, la peine sera d’une blessures ou coups, la peine sera d’une amende qui ne pourra excéder 10,000 amende qui ne pourra excéder 10,000 roupies, ou d’un emprisonnement qui roupies, ou d’un emprisonnement qui n’excèdera pas 2 mois. n’excèdera pas 2 mois. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

240 Manslaughter and wounds and blows under provocation Le meurtre ainsi que les blessures et Manslaughter and wounds and blows, les coups sont excusables, autant qu’il est are excusable, as far as it is provided for déterminé ci-après, s’ils ont été provoqués hereinafter, if they have been provoked by par des coups ou violences graves envers severe blows or violence towards les personnes. individuals.

241 Manslaughter and wounds and blows in defence of property by day (1) Les crimes et délits mentionnés (1) The crimes and misdemeanours à la section 240 sont également excusables, mentioned in section 240, are likewise s’ils ont été commis en repoussant pendant excusable, if they have been committed in le jour, l’escalade ou l’effraction des repelling, during the day, the scaling or clôtures, murs ou entrée d’une maison ou breaking down of any enclosure, wall, or d’un appartement habité, ou de leurs entrance of any house or inhabited dépendances. apartment, or of the dependencies thereof. (2) Si le fait est arrivé pendant la (2) Where the act takes place during nuit, ce cas est réglé par la section 247. the night, the matter is governed by section 247.

242 Manslaughter in case of adultery Le meurtre commis par l’époux sur Manslaughter committed by any son conjoint, ainsi que sur le complice, à person on his spouse, as well as on his l’instant où il les surprend en flagrant délit accomplice, at the very moment he finds d’adultère, est excusable. them in the act of adultery is excusable.

243 Castration under provocation Le crime de castration, s’il a été The crime of castration, where it is immédiatement provoqué par un outrage provoked by any immediate violent outrage violent à la pudeur, sera considéré comme on chastity, shall be deemed to be an meurtre ou blessures excusables. excusable crime or wound.

244 Penalty in case of excusable offence Lorsque le fait d’excuse sera prouvé, Where the fact of excuse is proved, if s’il s’agit d’un fait qualifié crime, la peine it relates to an offence deemed to be a sera réduite à l’emprisonnement, s’il s’agit crime, the punishment shall be reduced to d’un délit, la peine sera réduite à un imprisonment, and, if it relates to a emprisonnement qui n’excèdera pas 6 mois. misdemeanour, the punishment shall be reduced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.

245 Homicide and wounds and blows under lawful authority Il n’y a ni crime ni délit, lorsque There is neither crime nor l’homicide, les blessures et les coups étaient misdemeanour, where homicide, wounds or ordonnés par la loi et commandés par blows are ordered by law, and commanded l’autorité légitime. by lawful authority.

246 Homicide and wounds and blows in self defence Il n’y a ni crime ni délit, lorsque There is neither crime nor l’homicide, les blessures et les coups étaient misdemeanour, where homicide, wounds or commandés par la nécessité actuelle de la blows are commanded by an actual légitime défense de soi-même ou d’autrui. necessity of the lawful defence of oneself or of another person.

247 Interpretation of “self defence” Sont compris dans les cas de Actual necessity of defence includes nécessité actuelle de défense, les cas the cases where – suivants – (a) si l’homicide a été commis, si les (a) homicide has been committed, blessures ont été faites, ou si les coups ont or wounds made, or blows inflicted in été portés en repoussant, pendant la nuit, repelling during the night, the scaling or l’escalade ou l’effraction des clôtures, murs breaking of the enclosure, wall or entrance ou entrée d’une maison ou d’un of a house, or inhabited apartment, or of the appartement habité ou de leurs dependencies thereof; dépendances; (b) the act has taken place in (b) si le fait a eu lieu en se defending oneself against the author of any défendant contre les auteurs de vols ou de robbery or plunder executed with violence. pillage exécutés avec violence.

248 Indecent act in public Any person who commits any grossly indecent act in public ‘outrage public à la pudeur’ shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months and to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

249 Rape, attempt upon chastity and illegal sexual intercourse (1) Any person who is guilty of the crime of rape, shall be liable to penal servitude for a term which shall not be less than 5 years. [Amended 30/03] (1A) Notwithstanding any other enactment, where a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1), the Intermediate Court shall have - (a) jurisdiction to inflict penal servitude for a term not exceeding 20 years; (b) power to order sentences of penal servitude to be served consecutively, provided that the terms of such sentences shall not in the aggregate exceed 20 years. [Amended 30/03] (1B) Notwithstanding any other enactment, prosecution for the offence of rape may, at the sole discretion of the Director of Public Prosecutions, take place before a Judge without a jury where it is averred that the offence of rape was committed by 2 or more individuals. [Amended 30/03] (1C) Sections 151 and 197 of the Criminal Procedure Act, and the Probation of Offenders Act, shall not apply to a conviction for the offence of rape. [Amended 30/03] (2) Any person who commits an indecent act ‘attentat à la pudeur’ by force or without consent upon a person of either sex, shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 5 years. (3) Any person who commits an indecent act ‘attentat à la pudeur’, even without violence and with consent, upon a child of either sex under the age of 12 shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 5 years. (4) Any person who has sexual intercourse with a minor under the age of 16 or a mentally handicapped person, even with his consent, shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. (5) (a) Any person who has sexual intercourse with a specified person, even with consent, shall commit an offence and shall on conviction, be liable to penal servitude. (b) Any person who commits an indecent act ‘attentat à la pudeur’, even without violence and with consent, upon a specified person shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding eight years. (c) In this subsection, “specified person”– (i) means any person who, in relation to the person charged, comes within the prohibited degrees set out in articles 151, 152 and 153 of the Code Napoléon; (ii) includes – (A) a stepchild or an adopted child, of whatever age, of the person charged; (B) a child of whatever age whose custody or guardianship has been entrusted to the person charged by virtue of any other enactment or of an order of a Court; (C) a child of whatever age or a mentally handicapped person, other than the spouse of, but living under the same roof as, the person charged or who is the child of the partner of the person charged. (6) No prosecution shall be instituted under this section except on an information filed with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions. (7) It shall be a sufficient defence to any prosecution under subsection (3) or (4) that the person charged had reasonable cause to believe that the child was above the age of 12 or 16, as the case may be. [Amended 20/90; 26/91; 13/98]

250 Sodomy and bestiality (1) Any person who is guilty of the crime of sodomy or bestiality shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 5 years. (2) (a) Notwithstanding sections 151 and 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, where it is averred that the sodomy is committed on a minor or a physically or mentally handicapped person, the person charged shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years. (b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a). [R 2/83; Amended 13/98]

251 Debauching youth (1) Quiconque aura attenté aux (1) Any person who offends against moeurs, en excitant, favorisant ou facilitant morality, by habitually exciting, encouraging, habituellement la débauche ou la corruption or facilitating the debauchery or corruption of de la jeunesse de l’un ou de l’autre sexe au- youth of either sex under the age of 18 shall dessous de l’âge de 18 ans, sera puni d’un be punished by imprisonment for a term of emprisonnement qui ne pourra être inférieur not less than one year nor more than 5 à un an mais qui ne pourra excéder 5 ans. years. (2) Si la prostitution ou la corruption (2) Where such prostitution or a été excitée, favorisée ou facilitée par leurs corruption has been excited, encouraged or pères, mères, tuteurs ou autres personnes facilitated by the father, mother, guardian or chargées de leur surveillance, la peine sera other person entrusted with the care of l’emprisonnement, qui ne pourra être youth so debauched, the punishment shall inférieur à 2 ans mais qui n’excédera pas 8 be imprisonment of not less than 2 years nor ans. more than 8 years. (3) (a) Notwithstanding section 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, any person charged under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable to the minimum penalties provided in that subsection. (b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a). [Amended 29/90; 13/98]

252 Interdiction from guardianship (1) Les coupables du délit (1) Any person convicted of an mentionné à la section 251 seront interdits offence specified in section 251 shall be de toute tutelle et curatelle – interdicted from any guardianship and curatorship – (a) pendant un temps qui ne (a) for a period not exceeding 5 pou-rra excéder 5 ans dans years in the case of a le cas de ceux auxquels person specified in section s’applique l’alinéa (1) de la 251(1); section 251; (b) for a period not exceeding (b) pendant un temps qui ne 20 years in the case of a pourra excéder 20 ans dans person specified in section le cas de ceux auxquels 251(2). s’applique l’alinéa (2) de la section 251. (2) Where such offence has been (2) Si le délit a été commis par le committed by the father or mother, the père ou la mère, le coupable sera de plus offender shall also be deprived of the rights privé des droits et avantages à lui accordés and advantages which are granted to him or sur la personne et les biens de l’enfant par her, upon the person and property of the les articles 371 à 387 du Code Napoléon. child, by articles 371 to 387 of the Code Napoléon.

253 Procuring, enticing and exploiting prostitute (1) Any person who, to gratify the passions of another and for gain – (a) procures, entices or leads away, for purposes of prostitution, another person; (b) exploits, or is an accomplice in, the prostitution of another person, even with the consent of that person; (c) draws a benefit from the prostitution of some other person, shares the earnings of, or receives subsidies from, another person who habitually indulges in prostitution, shall commit an offence. (2) Any person who commits, or is an accomplice in the commission of, any of the offences mentioned in subsection (1) shall commit an offence regardless of motives or gain where – (a) the person procured, enticed, led away, exploited, in relation to whose prostitution a benefit is drawn, whose earnings are shared or from whom subsidies are received is less than 18 years of age at the time of the offence; (b) the person is procured, enticed, led away or exploited for the purpose of being sent abroad; (c) the person is procured, enticed, led away or exploited by the use of fraud, deceit, threat, violence or any other means of duress. (3) No person shall be convicted of an offence under this section upon the evidence of one witness, unless such witness is corroborated in some material particular by evidence implicating the accused. (4) Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term which, notwithstanding section 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, shall be not less than 2 years nor more than 10 years together with a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees. (5) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under this section. [Amended 29/90; 13/98]

254 Sexual harassment (1) Toute personne qui, en abusant (1) Any person who, by abuse of the de l’autorité que lui confère ses fonctions, authority conferred upon him by his harcèle une autre personne en usant functions, harasses another person by d’ordres, de menaces ou de contraintes, means of orders, threats or constraints in dans le but d’obtenir des faveurs de nature order to obtain favours of a sexual nature, sexuelle, sera punie d’un emprisonnement shall commit an offence and shall, on qui n’excèdera pas 2 ans et d’une amende conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a qui n’excèdera pas 100,000 roupies. term not exceeding 2 years and to a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees. (2) (a) Notwithstanding section 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, where it is averred that the victim of the sexual harassment is a minor or a mentally handicapped person, the person charged under subsection (1) shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not less than one year and to a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees. (b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a). [Added 13/98] 255-256 –

257 Bigamy (1) Quiconque étant engagé dans (1) Any person who, being married, les liens du marriage, en aura contracté un marries another person before the autre avant la dissolution du précédent, dissolution of the first marriage, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. (2) L’officier public qui aura prêté (2) Any public officer who lends his son ministère à ce mariage, connaissant aid and assistance for such subsequent l’existence du précédent, sera condamné à marriage, knowing the existence of the first, la même peine shall suffer the like punishment. (3) Pour l’application des (3) In this section, “marriage” means dispositions de la présente section, le terme a civil marriage under section 24 of the Civil ‘mariage’ s’entend uniquement du mariage Status Act and a religious marriage having civil prévu dans la section 24 du Civil Status civil effect under sections 27 and 28 of the Act ou d’un mariage religieux ayant des Civil Status Act. effets civils conformément aux sections 27 et 28 du Civil Status Act. [R 1/83; R2/83; Amended 23/81]

258 Unlawful arrest, detention and sequestration (1) Ceux qui sans ordre des (1) Any person who, without any autorités constituées, et hors les cas où la order from the constitued authorities, and loi ordonne de saisir les prévenus, auront except in cases where the law directs the arrêté, détenu ou séquestré des personnes arrest of accused parties, detains, or quelconques, sequesters any person, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years and by a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. (2) Quiconque aura prêté (2) Any person who knowingly lends sciemment un lieu pour exécuter la a place for effecting such detention or détention ou séquestration, subira les sequestration, shall suffer the like mêmes peines. punishment. (3) (a) Notwithstanding sections 151 and 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, where it is averred that the person sequestrated is a minor or a physically or mentally handicapped person, the person charged shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years. (b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a). [R 2/83; Amended 29/90; Added 13/98; 5/99]

259 Penalty for unlawful arrest in certain cases (a) si l’arrestation a été Dans chacun des cas suivants – exécutée avec faux costume, sous un faux nom (a) where the arrest has been ou sous un faux ordre de executed in false dress or a l’autorité publique; forged name, or under a (b) si l’individu arrêté, détenu, forged order from the public ou séquestré, a été menacé authority; de la mort; (b) where the individual arrested, detained or (c) s’il a été soumis à des sequestrated, has been tortures corporelles, les threatened with death; or coupables (c) where such individual has been subjected to any corporal torture, the In the following cases – offenders shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years.

260 Family abandonment (1) Tout père ou mère de famille qui (1) Any father or mother who, abandonne sans motif grave, pendant plus without any serious reason, abandons for de 2 mois, la résidence familiale et se more than 2 months the family residence soustrait à tout ou partie des obligations and eludes all or part of his or her moral or d’ordre moral or d’ordre matériel résultant de material obligations resulting from parental l’autorité parentale commet une offense. authority shall commit an offence. (2) Any husband who without (2) Le mari qui, sans motif grave, serious reason, voluntarily abandons for abandonne volontairement pendant plus de more than 2 months his wife whom he 2 mois sa femme la sachant enceinte knows to be pregnant shall commit an commet une offense. offence. (3) Le père ou la mère qui (3) Any father or mother who, compromet gravement par de mauvais through ill-treatment, pernicious examples of traitements, par des exemples pernicieux habitual drunkenness or notorious ill- d’ivrognerie habituelle ou d’inconduite conduct, lack of care or direction, seriously notoire, par un défaut de soins ou par un endargers the health, security or morality of manque de direction soit la santé, soit la any of his minor children shall commit an sécurité, soit la moralité de ses enfants ou offence. d’un de ses enfants mineurs commet une offense. (4) A partner of any father or mother who, through any means specified in subsection (3), seriously endangers the health, security or morality of any of his partner’s minor children shall commit an offence. (5) Any person who commits an offence under this section shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years and to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. [Added 13/98]

261 Failure to pay alimony (1) Toute personne condamnée à (1) Any person who, having been verser des aliments à son conjoint ou à ses judicially ordered to pay alimony to his enfants, qui sera volontairement démeurée spouse or children, voluntarily fails, during 2 2 mois sans verser entièrement à son months, to pay the full amount of alimony so conjoint ou à ses enfants les dits aliments, ordered to his spouse or children, shall commettra une offense et sera punie d’une commit an offence and shall, on conviction, amende n’excédant pas 5,000 roupies et be liable to a fine not exceeding 5,000 d’un emprisonnement n’excédant pas un an. rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year. (2) Any default in the payment of alimony shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to be voluntary. (3) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under subsection (1). (4) A prosecution for an offence under this section shall take place in the district in which the person entitled to the payment of the alimony is ordinarily resident. [Added 13/98]

262 Change of domicile Toute personne, jouissant de la garde Any person who, having the custody d’un mineur, qui néglige de notifier tout of a minor, fails to notify to any person who, changement de son domicile ou tout by virtue of a judgment, has a right of visit or changement de la résidence du mineur à lodging in respect of the said minor, any ceux qui peuvent excercer à l’égard du change of his domicile or of the residence of mineur un droit de visite ou d’hébergement the minor, shall commit an offence and shall, en vertu d’un jugement commet une offense on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a et sera punie d’un emprisonnement term not exceeding 6 months and to a fine n’excédant pas 6 mois et d’une amende qui not exceeding 5,000 rupees. n’excédera pas 5,000 roupies. [Added 13/98] 262A - [Added 13/98; Repealed 34/05] 263 - [Amended 29/90; 13/98; Repealed 34/05] 264 - [R 2/83; Amended 29/90; 13/98; Repealed 34/05] 265 - [Repealed 34/05] 266 - [Amended 29/90; 5/99; Repealed 34/05] 267 - [Amended 13/98; Repealed 34/05] 268 - [R 2/83; Amended 13/98; Repealed 34/05] 269 - [R 2/83; Repealed 34/05] 270 - [R 2/83; Repealed 34/05] 271 - [Repealed 34/05]

272 Burying corpse without lawful authority Ceux qui, sans l’autorisation préalable ou d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas 10,000 de l’officier public, dans le cas où elle est roupies, sans préjudice de la poursuite des prescrite, auront fait inhumer un individu crimes dont les auteurs de ce délit décédé, seront punis de l’emprisonnement, pourraient être prévenus dans cette be buried, shall be punished by circonstance. imprisonment, or by a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees, without prejudice to the Any person who, without having prosecution for any crime which the parties obtained the authorisation of the public guilty of such misdemeanour might be officer, where such authorisation is required, accused of, in connection therewith. causes the body of any deceased person to [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

273 Concealing corpse Quiconque aura recélé ou caché le Any person who conceals or hides the cadavre d’une personne homicidée ou morte body of a person killed, or having died from des suites de coups ou blessures, sera puni the effects of any blow or wound, shall be de l’emprisonnement et d’une amende qui punished by imprisonment, and by a fine not n’excèdera pas 10,000 roupies, sans exceeding 10,000 rupees, without prejudice préjudice de peines plus graves, s’il a to any severer punishment where the participé au crime. offender participated in the crime. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

274 Declaration in case of sudden or violent death (1) Dans tous les cas de mort subite (1) In every case of sudden or ou violente, les personnes qui feront la violent death, the persons declaring such déclaration du décès, ainsi que les death, as well as any medical practitioner or médecins ou chirurgiens qui en auront surgeon, who is aware of that fact shall be connaissance, seront tenus de déclarer bound to make a declaration of that fact to cette circonstance à l’officier de l’état civil. the civil status officer. (2) La peine en cas de non- (2) The punishment where no such déclaration sera contre chacune des declaration is made shall be a fine not personnes ci-dessus designées une exceeding 5,000 rupees against each of the amende qui n’excèdera pas 5,000 roupies. persons specified in subsection (1). [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

275 Violating tomb Sera puni d’un emprisonnement qui Any person who is convicted of ne pourra excéder un an et d’une amende violation of a tomb or grave, shall be qui n’excèdera pas 5,000 roupies, punished by imprisonment for a term not quiconque se sera rendu coupable de exceeding one year, and by a fine not violation de tombeaux ou de sépulture, sans exceeding 5,000 rupees, without prejudice préjudice des peines contre les crimes ou to the punishment for any crime or les délits qui seraient joints à celui-ci. misdemeanour which may have been committed at the same time. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

276 Giving false evidence in case of crime (1) Quiconque sera coupable de (1) Any person who is convicted of faux témoignage en matière criminelle, soit giving false evidence in the prosecution of a contre l’accusé, soit en sa faveur, crime, either for or against the prisoner, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years [R 2/83]

277 Giving false evidence in case of misdemeanour Quiconque sera coupable de faux Any person who is convicted of giving témoignage en matière correctionnelle ou de false evidence in the prosecution of an police, soit contre le prévenu, soit en sa offence, other than a crime, either for or faveur, against the prisoner, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years and to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. [R 2/83; Amended 29/90; 5/99]

278 Giving false evidence in civil matter Le coupable de faux témoignage en Any person convicted of giving false matière civile, evidence in a civil suit, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years and to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. [R 2/83; Amended 29/90; 5/99]

279 Giving false evidence for reward (1) Le faux témoin en matière (1) Any false witness in a criminal or criminelle, correctionnelle, de police ou civil suit who received any money, reward or civile, qui aura reçu de l’argent, une promise, récompense quelconque ou des promesses, shall be punished by penal servitude and to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

280 Subornation of perjury Le coupable de subornation de Any person convicted of subornation témoin sera condamné à la même peine que of perjury shall be condemned to the same le témoin. punishment as the perjured witness. 280A* Interference with witnesses and potential witnesses * Ed. This section has been added by the Public Security Act (1/00). It is not reproduced as this Act is not in force.

281 Giving false evidence on decisory oath Celui à qui le serment aura été déféré Any party in a civil suit who has been ou référé en matière civile, et qui aura fait un judicially put upon his oath, and makes a faux serment, sera puni de servitude pénale false declaration, shall be punished by penal qui n’excèdera pas 10 ans et d’une amende servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years qui n’excèdera pas 20,000 roupies. and by a fine not exceeding 20,000 rupees. [R 2/83; Amended 5/99]

282 Stirring up racial hatred (1) Any person who, with intent to stir up contempt or hatred against any section or part of any section of the public distinguished by race, caste, place of origin, political opinions, colour or creed – (a) publishes or distributes any writing which is threatening, abusive or insulting; (b) uses in any public place or at any public meeting or procession any gesture or word which is threatening, abusive or insulting; or (c) broadcasts any matter which is threatening, abusive or insulting, shall commit an offence and shall; on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 25,000 rupees and penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. (2) Any person who prints, publishes, posts up, distributes, exhibits or circulates any writing, gesture, word or matter mentioned in subsection (1) shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 25,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. (3) Any writing, in respect of, or in connection with, which an offence has been committed under this section shall be forfeited. (4) In this section – “broadcast” means using radio-communication whether by sound or vision, for reception by members of the public; “writing” means – (a) any newspaper, pamphlet or other printed matter; or (b) any writing, drawing, engraving, picture, illustration, emblem or image, sold, or put up for sale or distributed to the public or exhibited at any public place or meeting or procession or any poster or writing exposed to the public view. [Added 30/91]

283 Sedition (1) Any person who, by any means specified in section 206 – (a) holds or brings into hatred or contempt, or excites disaffection towards, the Government or the administration of justice; (b) raises discontent or disaffection among the citizens of Mauritius or promotes feelings or illwill and hostility between different classes of such citizens, shall commit the offence of sedition and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding 20,000 rupees. (2) A person shall not commit an offence under this section or section 284 where the writing or words used show that such person intended merely – (a) to express disapprobation of the measures of the Government with a view to obtain their alteration by lawful means; or (b) to express disapprobation of the measures of the administration or other action of the Government without exciting or attempting to excite hatred, contempt or disaffection. [Amended 42/93; 5/99]

284 Inciting to disobedience or resistance to law Any person who, by any of the means specified in section 206 instigates to disobedience or resistance to the laws, or to the authorities entrusted with their execution, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, and a fine not exceeding 2,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90]

285 Interpretation of “publication” In sections 285 to 287A – “periodical publication” includes every publication issued periodically, or in parts or numbers at intervals, whether regular or irregular; “publication” includes all written or printed matter and anything, whether of a nature similar to written or printed matter or not, containing any visible representation, or by its form, shape, or in any manner capable of suggesting words or ideas, and every copy and reproduction of or extract from any publication.

286 Importing seditious publication (1) Where the President is of opinion that any publication is seditious, he may, if he thinks fit, by Proclamation prohibit the importation into Mauritius of that publication and also, in the case of a periodical publication, of any past or future issue of that publication. (2) Any person who imports, sells, distributes, posts, prints, publishes, copies, reproduces, or has in his possession, power or control, any publication of which the importation is for the time being prohibited by Proclamation, shall commit an offence, and the publication shall be forfeited. (3) Any person to whom a publication of which the importation is for the time being prohibited by Proclamation is sent without his knowledge or privity or in execution of an order given before the prohibition on its importation came into effect, or who has such a publication in his possession, power, or control, at the time when the prohibition or its importation comes into effect shall forthwith deliver it to the officer in charge of the nearest police station, and, if he fails to do so, he shall commit an offence. (4) Any person who complies with subsection (3) or is convicted of a breach of its provisions shall not be fined or imprisoned for having imported the same publication or for having it in his possession, power, or control. (5) The Postmaster-General or any person authorised by him who suspects that any postal packet contains a publication of which the importation is for the time being prohibited shall send the packet to the Comptroller of Customs. [Amended 48/91]

287 Suspending publication of newspaper containing seditious publication (1) Where any person is convicted under this Code of sedition in any newspaper, the Court may, if it thinks fit, either in lieu of or in addition to any other punishment, make orders as to the following matters – (a) prohibiting, either absolutely or except on conditions to be specified in the order, for any period not exceeding one year from the date of the order, the future publication of that newspaper; and (b) that for the period aforesaid any printing press used in the production of the newspaper be used only on conditions to be specified in the order or that it be seized by the Police and detained by them for the period aforesaid. (2) Where any person contravenes an order made under this section, he shall commit an offence.

287A Prohibiting circulation of seditious publication (1) Where, on the application of the Director of Public Prosecutions, it is shown to the satisfaction of a Judge or a Magistrate that the issue or circulation of a seditious publication is or, if commenced or continued, would be likely to lead to unlawful violence or appears to have the object of promoting feelings of hostility between different classes of the community, the Judge or Magistrate shall make an order (in this section called a prohibition order) prohibiting the issue and circulation of that publication (in this section called a prohibited publication) and requiring every person having any copy of the prohibited publication in his possession, power, or control, forthwith to deliver every such copy into the custody of the Police. (2) An order under this section may be made in Chambers ex parte on the application of the Director of Public Prosecutions. (3) It shall be sufficient if the order so describes the prohibited publication that it can be identified by a reasonable person who compares the prohibited publication with the description in the prohibition order. (4) Every person on whom a copy of a prohibition order is served by any police officer shall forthwith deliver to that officer every prohibited publication in his possession, power, or control, and, if he fails to do so, he shall commit an offence. (5) Every person who knows that a prohibited publication is in his possession, power, or control, shall forthwith deliver it to the person in charge of the nearest police station, and if he fails to do so, he shall commit an offence. (6) The Judge or Magistrate may, if he thinks fit, either before or after or without service of the prohibition order on any person, issue a warrant authorising the Commissioner of Police or his assistants to break, enter, and search, either by day or night, any building or place specified in the order, and any enclosure, room, box, receptacle, or thing in such building or place, and to seize and carry away every prohibited publication there found, and to use such force as may be necessary for the purpose. (7) A copy of the prohibition order and of the search warrant shall be left in a conspicuous position at every building or place so entered. (8) (a) The owner of any prohibited publication delivered or seized under this Code may, within 14 days after the delivery or seizure, apply to the Judge or Magistrate for the discharge of the prohibition order, and where on the hearing of the petition, it is decided that the prohibition order ought not to have been made, the Judge or Magistrate shall discharge the order and shall order the prohibited publication delivered by or seized from the owner to be returned to him. (b) Any person dissatisfied with any order made under paragraph (a) shall have a right of appeal to the Supreme Court. (9) Every prohibited publication delivered or seized under this section with respect to which an application is not made within the time aforesaid or which is not ordered to be returned to the owner shall be forfeited and dealt with in such manner as the President may direct. [Amended 48/91]

287B Penalty for seditious publication Every person who commits an offence against section 286, 287 and 287A – (a) shall not be prosecuted except upon an information by the Director of Public Prosecutions; (b) shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year. [Amended 5/99]

288 Interpretation of “defamation” (1) Any imputation or allegation of a fact prejudicial to the honour, character or reputation of the person to whom such fact is imputed or alleged is a defamation. (2) Any imputation or allegation concerning the honour, character or reputation of a deceased person is a defamation where it is calculated to throw discredit on or be hurtful to the feelings of the family or relatives of the deceased. (3) Any person who, by any of the means specified in section 206, is guilty of defamation shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding 5,000 rupees. (4) No offence is committed under this section where the writing or words – (a) impute or allege anything which is true concerning any person, where the publisher can show that it was for the public good that the imputation or allegation should be published; (b) are a fair and bona fide comment or criticism of the conduct of a public servant in the discharge of his public functions or respecting his character so far as his character appears in that conduct and no further; (c) are a fair and bona fide comment or criticism of the conduct of any person touching any public question, and respecting his character so far as his character appears in that conduct; (d) are an impartial and accurate report of the proceedings of any Court or of the result of any such proceedings, unless the Court has itself prohibited the publication, or the subject-matter of the trial is unfit for publication, or the subject- matter of the proceedings is blasphemous or obscene; (e) are a fair and bona fide comment or criticism of the merits of any case, civil or criminal, which has been decided by any Court, or respecting the conduct of any person as a party, witness, or agent in any such case, or respecting the character of such person, so far as his character appears in that conduct; (f) are a fair and bona fide comment or criticism of the merits of any performance which its author has submitted to the judgment of the public, or respecting the character of the author so far as his character appears in such performance; (g) are written or uttered by a person having over another any authority, either conferred by law, or arising out of a lawful contract made with that other, and pass in good faith any censure on the conduct of that other to any person having an interest in such conduct, or in a newspaper if there was no other way for the writer efficiently to protect his interest or the interests of society in matters to which such lawful authority relates; (h) prefer in good faith an accusation against any person to any of those who have lawful authority over that person with respect to the subject-matter or accusation; (i) amount to an imputation or allegation on the character of another, provided that the imputation or allegation is made in good faith for the protection of the interests of the person making it, or of any other person, or for the public good; (j) convey a caution in good faith to one person against another, provided that such caution is intended for the good of the person to whom it is conveyed, or of some person in whom that person is interested or for the public good; or (k) publish an impartial and accurate report of the proceedings of any public meeting, or (except where neither the public nor any newspaper reporter is admitted) of any meeting of the Assembly or of a municipal council. [Amended 5/99]

289 Publication of reply by newspaper (1) (a) The owner or editor of any newspaper shall further be bound to insert gratuitously within 3 days (or in the next number where the paper is not a daily) the reply of any person named or referred to in the newspaper, provided such reply does not contain any matter amounting to an offence under any enactment, and provided such reply is not foreign to the subject in connexion with which such person has been named or referred to in the newspaper, without prejudice to the other penalties to which the article may give rise. (b) This insertion shall be made in the same place and in the same type as the original article and shall be published without charge provided it does not exceed twice the length of the article. (c) In that case the excess shall be charged for at advertisement rate. (2) Any owner or editor who contravenes subsection (1) shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees, and shall insert the reply within 3 days of such conviction (or in the next number if the paper is not a daily), failing which he shall be liable to a further fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

290 Privilege for court proceedings (1) No civil or criminal action, suit or other proceeding for defamation or insult (‘injure’) shall lie against – (a) – (b) a member of the ‘Ministère Public’, a State Prosecutor, or the State Attorney for anything said or written by him in his official capacity; (c) a barrister or advocate for anything said by him as counsel for a party to any judicial proceeding; (d) a witness for anything said by him in giving evidence; (e) any person being a party to proceedings before any Court, or any attorney or agent of such party, for words spoken or writings produced in the course of such proceedings before such Court. (2) In the case of words spoken or of writings produced before any Court, defamatory allegations, foreign to the cause at issue, may give rise, either to a public prosecution, or to a civil action by the parties in the suit, where the right to such action has been reserved to such parties by the Court, and may, in every case, give rise to a civil action from a third party. [Amended 48/91]

291 Criminal intimidation Any person who threatens another, either by writing or verbally, with making any disclosure or imputation which may cause any injury to his person, reputation or property, or to the person, or reputation of any one in whom that person is interested, with intent to cause alarm to that person, or to cause that person to do any act which he is not legally bound to do, or to omit to do any act which that person is legally entitled to do, as the means of avoiding the execution of such threat, shall be guilty of criminal intimidation, and shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 5/99] 292-295 –

296 Insult Any injurious expression or any term of contempt or invective, or other abusive language, not carrying with it the imputation of a fact, is an insult (‘injure’) and any person who is guilty of the offence shall be liable to the following penalties – (a) where the offence is committed by means of words, exclamations or threats not made use of in public, a fine not exceeding 5,000 rupees; (b) where the offence is committed by means of words, exclamations or threats made use of in public, a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees; (c) where the offence is committed by means of any written or printed matter, drawing, picture, emblem or image, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months and a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 5/99] 296A –

297 False and malicious denunciation in writing Any person who makes a false and malicious denunciation in writing against any individual to any officer of justice or to any officer of police, whether administrative or judicial, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

298 Effecting public mischief Any person who knowingly makes to a police officer a false statement in writing concerning an imaginary offence shall commit the offence of effecting a public mischief and shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

299 Publishing false news La publication, diffusion ou The publication, diffusion or reproduction, par n’importe quel moyen, de reproduction, by any means, of false news nouvelles fausses ou de nouvelles vraies en or of news which though true in substance elles-mêmes mais altérées en une ou has been altered in one or more parts or plusieurs de leurs parties ou falsely attributed to some other person, if the mensongèrement attribuées à des tiers, publication, diffusion or reproduction is of lorsque la publication, la diffusion ou la such a nature as to disturb public order or reproduction est de nature à troubler l’ordre public peace, shall be punished – ou la paix publique sera punie – (a) si l’offense a été commise (a) where the offence is au moyen de paroles, committed by means of any d’une amende ne spoken words by a fine not dépassant pas 10,000 exceeding 10,000 rupees roupies et d’un terme and imprisonment for a term d’emprisonnement ne not exceeding one year; dépassant pas un an; (b) where the offence is (b) si l’offense a été commise committed by means of any au moyen d’écrits, de writing, newspaper, journaux, pamphlets ou pamphlet or printed matter d’imprimés ou par or by any means other than n’importe quel autre moyen spoken words, by a fine que des paroles, d’une which shall not be less than amende d’au moins 20,000 20,000 ru-pees and not roupies et ne dépassant more than 50,000 rupees pas 50,000 rou-pies et and imprison-ment for a d’un terme d’empri- term not exceeding one sonnement ne dépassant year, pas un an, unless it is proved by the accused that the à moins que le prévenu n’établisse que la publication, the diffusion or reproduction was publication, la diffusion ou la reproduction made in good faith and after making incriminée a été faite de bonne foi et après sufficient inquiries to ascertain its truth. vérification suffisante. [Amended 1/85; 29/90; 40/90; 5/99]

300 Disclosing professional secret Les médecins, chirurgiens, ainsi que Any physician, surgeon, as well as les pharmaciens, les sages-femmes et any pharmacist, midwife, or any other toutes autres personnes dépositaires, par person, who may, in consequence of his or état ou profession, des secrets qu’on leur her profession or avocation, become the confie, qui, hors le cas où la loi les oblige à depositary of any secret confided to him or se porter dénonciateurs, auront révélé ces her, and who, except when compelled by secrets, law, to become informer, reveals such secret, shall be punished by imprisonment for term not exceeding 6 months, and by a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

300A Data protection and security (1) In this section – “computer service person” means a person who provides another person with services in respect of personal data by – (a) acting as agent for that other person and causing personal data held by him to be processed; or (b) allowing another person to make use of equipment in his possession for the processing of personal data; “data” means information recorded in a form in which it can be processed by equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose; “data user” means a person who holds personal data; “personal data” means data consisting of information, including expressions of opinion relating to a living individual who can be identified from that information. (2) For the purposes of subsections (3) and (4) a person shall be deemed to hold data where – (a) the data formed part of a collection of data processed or intended to be processed on his behalf; (b) that person controls the contents and use of the data; and (c) the data are in a form – (i) in which they have been or are intended to be processed; or (ii) into which they have been converted after being so processed. (3) Where a data user or computer service person holds or is in possession of personal data which is not accurate, the data user or computer service person, as the case may be, shall commit an offence. (4) Where a data user or computer service person holding or in possession of personal data – (a) permits any unauthorised access to, or alteration or disclosure of, the personal data; (b) holds or possesses the personal data in such a manner that they are likely to be accidentally lost, partially or totally damaged, or destroyed, the data user or computer service person shall commit an offence. (5) Any person who commits an offence under subsection (3) or (4) shall, on conviction, be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years and to a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees. [Added 18/98] CHAPTER II – OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY

301 Larceny (1) Any person who fraudulently abstracts anything not belonging to himself shall commit larceny and be liable on conviction to imprisonment, and to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. (2) The abstraction of property by the husband to the prejudice of the wife, or by the wife to the prejudice of the husband, shall not give rise to a prosecution. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

301A Penalty for other larcenies (1) Every person who is convicted of an offence under section 303, 304, 305, 306 or 307 and who at the time of the commission of the offence was masked, made use of an offensive weapon which caused injury or had in his possession a firearm or a mock firearm shall be punished for a term which shall not be less than 5 years and not more than 15 years. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), “offensive weapon” means any article made, or adapted for use, or suitable for causing injury to the person. (3) The Probation of Offenders’ Act shall not apply to an offence punishable under subsection (1) except where the accused is under the age of 18 at the date of the sentence. (4) The Intermediate Court shall notwithstanding – (a) section 113 of the Courts Act, have jurisdiction to inflict the penalty provided under subsection (1); (b) section 139 of the Criminal Procedure Act, have power to order sentences imposed under this section to be served consecutively, provided that the terms of such sentences shall not in the aggregate exceed 30 years. [Added 1/85]

302 Larceny of produce of soil (1) Any person who fraudulently abstracts, steals, takes or carries away any crop or other produce of the soil, whether the same before being so abstracted, stolen, taken or carried away had or had not yet been detached from the soil, shall commit larceny and be liable on conviction to imprisonment and to a fine not exceeding 5,000 rupees. (2) Where such larceny is committed under any of the circumstances specified in sections 303, 304, 305, 306 and 309, the offender shall be liable to the punishments enacted in the said sections respectively. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

303 Larceny with wounding (1) Quiconque aura commis un vol, (1) Any person who with intent to et soit au temps du vol, soit immédiatement commit a larceny, at night, and by means of avant ou après aura blessé quelque breaking, enters a dwelling house, and, with personne avec une arme offensive on un intent to kill, assaults any person being in instrument quelconque, such house, or wounds, beats or strikes such person, shall be punished by penal servitude. (2) (a) Notwithstanding sections 151 and 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, where it is averred that the person wounded is a minor or a physically or mentally handicapped person, the person charged shall, on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years. (b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a). [Amended 13/98]

304 Larceny with violence by night breaking (1) Quiconque pour commettre un (1) Any person who commits a vol, se sera introduit la nuit et à l’aide larceny, and either at the time of such d’effraction, dans une maison habitée, et larceny, or immediately before or after the aura attaqué quelque personne se trouvant same, wounds any person with an offensive dans la dite maison, dans l’intention de la weapon or with any instrument, tuer, ou l’aura blessée, battue ou frappée, shall be punishable by penal servitude. (2) (a) Notwithstanding sections 151 and 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, where it is averred that the person assaulted is a minor or a physically or mentally handicapped person, the person charged shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years. (b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a). [Amended 13/98]

305 Larceny with other aggravating circumstance (1) Seront punis de servitude pénale (1) The punishment of penal tous individus coupables du crime de vol servitude shall be applied to any person avec l’une des circonstances suivantes – convicted of the crime of larceny attended by any one of the following circumstances – (a) si le coupable, étant (a) where the offender, being porteur d’une arme armed with an offensive offensive, ou d’un weapon or with any instrument quelconque, a instrument has committed commis le vol, ou a the larceny or assaulted attaqué quelqu’un dans le any person with intent to dessein de le voler; rob him; (b) si le vol a été commis, ou (b) where the larceny has s’il y a eu attaque de been committed, or where quelque personne dans le the assault upon any dessein de voler, par 2 ou person with intent to rob un plus grand nombre him, has been made by 2 d’individus; or more individuals; (c) si au temps ou le vol a été (c) where at the time of the commis, ou immédiatement larceny being committed, or avant ou après le vol, le immediately before or after coupable a battu ou frappé the larceny, the offender has quelque personne ou usé beaten or struck any person, envers elle d’aucune or used any violence violence quelconque; whatever towards such person; (d) si le vol a été commis dans une maison habitée, et si le (d) where the larceny is coupable a, par aucune committed in a dwelling menace, effrayé quelque house, and where the personne se trouvant dans offender has by any la dite maison; menace, put in bodily fear any person in such house; or (e) si le vol a été commis sur (e) where the larceny has been une personne sur un chemin committed upon any person public. on a public road. (2) (a) Notwithstanding sections 151 and 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, where it is averred that any person specified in subsection (1)(a) to (1)(e) is a minor or a physically or mentally handicapped person, the person charged shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years. (b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a). [Amended 13/98]

306 Larceny by night breaking Quiconque sera coupable de vol Any person who is convicted of commis la nuit et à l’aide d’effraction, larceny, committed during the night by means of breaking, shall be punished by penal servitude.

307 Penalty for extortion (1) Any person who extorts or obtains from any person through intimidation by charging or threatening to charge such person with having committed an offence, money or other property, shall be punished with penal servitude. (2) (a) Notwithstanding sections 151 and 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, where it is averred that the offence under subsection (1) is committed upon a minor, the person charged shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years. (b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a). [Amended 13/98]

308 Looting (1) Quiconque aura pillé ou volé (1) Any person who plunders or quelque partie d’un navire en détresse, steals any part of a ship or vessel, in naufragé, jeté ou échoué sur le rivage ou distress, wrecked, stranded, or cast on quelques marchandises ou objets shore, or any goods or articles, belonging to quelconques appartenant au dit navire; ou such ship or vessel, or steals any article qui aura volé tout objet quelconque pendant from a house whilst the house is on fire, l’incendie d’une maison et provenant de la dite maison incendiée, shall be punished by penal servitude. (2) Without prejudice to any other enactment, where in any area which has been the scene of a riot or civil commotion or in any area to which this section has been applied by order of the Commissioner of Police, any person – (a) steals any article from premises which – (i) have been damaged by riot or civil commotion; or (ii) have been vacated by reason of riot, civil commotion or in consequence of directions given for the purpose of preserving public safety or public order or for protecting persons and property; or (b) (i) steals any article which has been left exposed, or unprotected as a consequence of riot or civil commotion; (ii) unlawfully enters any premises; (iii) damages any property, assaults any person; or (iv) is found with any offensive weapon or house breaking implement with intent to commit an offence, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 50,000 rupees and to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. [Amended 30/91]

309 Larceny with breaking and larceny by servant (1) Tout individu coupable du crime de vol commis à l’aide d’effraction extérieure (1) The punishment of penal ou intérieure, d’escalade ou de fausses clés, servitude for a term not exceeding 6 years sans aucune des circonstances mentionées shall be applied to any person convicted of aux sections précédentes sera puni d’une the crime of larceny committed with external servitude pénale n’excédant pas 6 ans. or internal breaking, scaling, or false keys, but not attended by any of the sections. circumstances specified in the preceding (2) La même peine sera appliquée – (2) The like punishment shall be applied – (a) si le voleur est un domestique, ou un homme à (a) where the offender is a gages, même lorsqu’il aura servant, or a person on commis le vol envers des wages, even if the larceny personnes qu’il ne servait has been committed upon pas, mais qui se trouvaient, an individual whom he did soit dans la maison de son not serve, but who was maitre, soit dans celle où il either in the house of the l’accompagnait; master of such offender, or in that to which such offender had accompanied (b) si le voleur est un ouvrier, his master; compagnon ou apprenti, (b) where such offender is a dans la maison, l’atelier ou workman, journeyman, or le magasin de son maître; apprentice, in the house, manufactory, or shop of his master; (c) si le voleur est un individu (c) where the offender is a travaillant habituellement person habitually dans l’habitation où il aura employed on the premises volé; where he committed the larceny; (d) si le voleur est un (d) where the offender is an inn aubergiste, un hôtelier, un or hotelkeeper, carrier, voiturier, un batelier ou un boatman, or any person de leurs préposés, lorsqu’ils employed by them, where auront volé tout ou partie they have stolen, in whole or des choses qui leur étaient in part, the goods entrusted confiées à ce titre. to them in that capacity. [R 2/83]

310 Larceny with violence (1) Any person who commits an assault with intent to commit larceny, or who with threats or by force, demands anything belonging to another person with intent to steal the same, shall be liable to imprisonment. (2) (a) Notwithstanding section 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, where it is averred that the person assaulted, threatened or against whom force is used is a minor or physically or mentally handicapped person, the person charged shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years. (b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a). [Amended 13/98]

311 Penalty for recidivism in larceny Tout individu déjà condamné Any person having already been correction-nellement pour un vol en récidive, condemned correctionally more than once qui commettrait ultérieurement un délit de for larceny, who subsequently commits a même nature, sera considéré comme misdemeanour of the like nature shall be coupable d’un crime, et deemed to have committed a crime and shall be punished by penal servitude.

312 Interpretation of “dwelling house” (1) Est réputée maison habitée, (1) Any building, lodging, lodge or quant à l’application de la peine, tout movable hut, which without being actually bâtiment, logement, loge, cabane mobile qui inhabited, is destined to be inhabited, and all sans être actuellement habité, est destiné à the appurtenances thereof, as the yard, l’habitation, et tout ce qui en dépend, lower yard, barn, stable, or any building comme cours, basses-cours, granges, therein enclosed, whatever its use, and even écuries, édifices qui y sont enfermés, quel though enclosed by a special enclosure in qu’en soit l’usage, et quand même ils the general enclosure or space occupied by auraient une clôture particulière dans la the premises, shall be deemed a dwelling clôture ou enceinte générale. house, as regards the application of punishment. (2) Sont assimilés aux maisons habitées, les édifices et bâtiments publics. (2) Public edifices or buildings are deemed to be dwelling houses.

313 Interpretation of “enclosure” Est réputé enclos, tout terrain Any land surrounded by a ditch, or by environné de fossés, de pieux, de claies, de pales, hurdles, planks, green or dry hedge, planches, de haies vives ou sèches, ou de or wall, whatever is the nature of the murs, de quelque espèce de materiaux que materials of which the same may be ce soit, quelles que soient la hauteur, la composed, and whatever is the height, profondeur, la vétusté, la dégradation de ces depth, age or state of decay of such diverses clôtures, quand il n’y aurait pas de enclosure, although there is no door shutting porte fermant à clé ou autrement, ou quand by a key or otherwise, or although the door la porte serait à clairevoie et ouverte consists of an open railing, and is usually left habituellement. open, is deemed to be an enclosure.

314 Interpretation of “enclosure” and of “appurtenance of dwelling house” Les parcs destinés à contenir du Any park or pen, destined to confine bétail dans la campagne, de quelque cattle in the country, in whatever way it may matière qu’ils soient faits, même mobiles, be made, even though it is movable, is sont aussi réputés enclos; et lorsqu’ils likewise deemed to be an enclosure, and if it tiennent aux cabanes mobiles ou autres is attached to any movable hut or other abris destinés aux gardiens, ils sont réputés shelter destined for the use of the keeper of dépendants de la maison habitée. such cattle, such park or pen shall be deemed to be an appurtenance of a dwelling house.

315 Interpretation of “breaking” Est qualifiée effraction, tout Any forcing, rupture, injuring, forcement, repture, dégradation, démolition, demolition or removal of any wall, roof, floor, enlèvement de murs, toits, planchers, door, window, lock, padlock or other utensil portes, fenêtres, serrures, cadenas, ou or instrument used for shutting in, or for autres ustensiles ou instruments servant à preventing a passage, or of any enclosure of fermer ou empêcher le passage, et de toute any description, is deemed a breaking. espèce de clôture, quelle qu’elle soit.

316 External and internal breaking Les effractions sont extérieures ou Breaking is either external or internal. intérieures.

317 Interpretation of “external breaking” Les effractions extérieures sont celles External breaking is that by means of à l’aide desquelles on peut s’introduire dans which a passage is made for entering into les maisons, cours, basses-cours, enclos ou any house, yard, lower-yard, enclosure or dépendances ou dans les appartements ou appurtenance, or into any private room or logements particuliers. lodging.

318 Interpretation of “internal breaking” (1) Les effractions intérieures sont (2) Est compris dans la classe des celles qui, après l’introduction dans les lieux effractions intérieures le simple enlèvement mentionnés en la section 317, sont faites des caisses, boîtes, ballots sous toile et aux portes ou clôtures du dedans, ainsi corde, et autres meubles fermés qui qu’aux armoires ou autres meubles fermés. contiennent des effets quelconques, bien que l’effraction n’ait pas été faite sur le lieu. (1) Internal breaking is that which, (2) The mere carrying away of a after the offender has entered into any of the chest, box, bale wrapped up in a cloth and places mentioned in section 317, is made of corded, or other locked furniture containing any door, or enclosure inside, as well as of any article, although the breaking does not any press, or other locked furniture. take place on the spot, is deemed an internal breaking.

319 Interpretation of “scaling” (1) Est qualifiée escalade, toute parcs et enclos, exécutée par dessus les entrée dans les maisons, bâtiments, cours, murs, portes, toitures, ou toute autre clôture. basses-cours, édifices quelconques, jardins, (2) L’entrée par une ouverture going over the wall, door, roof, or any other souterraine, autre que celle qui y a été enclosure, is deemed a scaling. établie pour servir d’entrée, est considérée (2) The entry by any subterraneous comme escalade. aperture other that that which has been (1) The entry into any house, established as an entrance is deemed a building, yard, lower yard, edifice of any scaling. description, garden, park or enclosure, by

320 Interpretation of “false key” Sont qualifiés fausses clefs, tous Any hook, picklock, skeleton key, or crochets, rossignols, passe-partout, clefs any key counterfeited, altered, mislaid or imitées, contrefaites, altérées, égarées ou stolen, or not destined by the owner, volées, ou qui n’ont pas été destinées par le possessor, tenant, innkeeper or lodger, for propriétaire, possesseur, locataire, the lock, padlock or other fastening to which aubergiste ou logeur, aux serrures, such key has been applied by the offender, cadenas, ou aux fermetures quelconques shall be deemed a false key. auxquelles le coupable les aura employées.

321 Counterfeiting key (1) Quiconque aura contrefait, ou (1) Any person who without lawful altéré sans motif valable, des clefs, sera motive counterfeits or alters, any key, shall condammé à un emprisonnement qui ne be condemned to imprisonment for a term pourra excéder un an, et à une amende qui not exceeding one year, and to a fine not n’excèdera pas 2,000 roupies. exceeding 2,000 rupees. (2) Si le coupable est un serrurier de (2) Where the offender is a profession, locksmith by trade, he shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. (3) Les peines énoncées aux (3) The penalties specified in alinéas (1) et (2) seront sans préjudice de subsections (1) and (2) are without prejudice plus fortes peines, s’il y échet, en cas de to any severer punishment according to complicité de crime. circumstances, in case of complicity in any crime. [R 2/83; Amended 29/90]

322 Larceny of obligatory writing and purloining seizure (1) Quiconque aura extorqué par (1) Any person who, by force, force, violence ou contrainte, la signature ou violence, or compulsion, extorts the la remise d’un écrit, d’un acte, d’un titre, signature to, or the delivery of any writing, d’une pièce quelconque contenant ou deed, title, or other document, containing or opérant obligation, disposition ou décharge, creating any obligation, condition or discharge, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. (2) Le saisi qui aura détruit, (2) The party whose property has détourné, ou tenté de détruire ou détourner been judicially attached, and who destroys les objets saisis sur lui et confiés à sa garde, or purloins, or attempts to destroy or purloin sera puni de l’emprisonment. any of the articles or goods so attached and entrusted to his custody, shall be punished by imprisonment. (3) Il sera puni de l’emprisonnement (3) Such party shall be punished by qui n’excèdera pas un an, si la garde des imprisonment for a term not exceeding one objets saisis et par lui détruits ou détournés, year, where the articles attached and so ou qu’il aura tenté de détruire ou détourner, destroyed or purloined, or attempted to be avait été confiée un tiers. destroyed or purloined, had been entrusted to the custody of a third person. (4) Celui qui aura recélé sciemment (4) Any person who knowingly les objets détournés, le conjoint, les receives the goods or articles purloined, and ascendants et descendants du saisi, qui the husband or wife or the relations in the l’auront aidé dans la destruction ou le direct ascending or descending line of the détournement de ces objets, seront punis party whose property has been attached, d’une peine égale à celle qu’il aura who aids such party in destroying or encourue. purloining the articles, shall suffer the same punishment as that to which such party has become liable. [R 2/83]

323 Enticing away servant Quiconque sera convaincu d’avoir Any person who is convicted of embauché, caché, recélé, ou employé des having enticed away, concealed, secreted, serviteurs ou apprentis dûment engagés, ou or employed any servant or apprentice duly de leur avoir persuadé ou cherché à engaged, or of having persuaded or persuader de quitter le service de leurs endeavoured to persuade such servant or maîtres, ou de s’en absenter, sera apprentice to leave the service of his condamné à un emprisonnment qui master, or to absent himself therefrom, shall n’excèdera pas 6 mois, et à une amende qui be condemned to imprisonment for a term n’excèdera pas 250 roupies et à 4 roupies not exceeding 6 months, and to a fine not par jour de dommages – intérêts envers le exceeding 250 rupees and damages of 4 maître. L’amende sera appliquée moitié au rupees per day to the master. One half of Consolidated Fund et moitié au the fine shall go to the Consolidated Fund dénonciateur. and the other half to the informer.

323A Falsely obtaining credit (1) Quiconque, sachant qu’il est dans l’impossibilité absolue de payer, se sera fait servir des boissons ou des aliments qu’il aura consommés, en tout ou en partie, dans des établissements à ce destinés, même s’il est logé dans les dits établissements, sera passible d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas 10,000 roupies et d’un terme d’emprisonnement qui n’excèdera pas un an. (1) Any person who, knowing that he is unable to pay therefor, orders, and partakes of drinks or food, on premises used for that purpose, whether he is residing in such premises or not, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year. (2) La même peine sera applicable (2) The same penalty shall be à celui qui, sachant qu’il est dans inflicted on any person who, knowing that he l’impossibilité absolue de payer, se sera fait is unable to pay therefor, books a room in a attribuer une ou plusieurs chambres dans un hotel or boarding house and occupies it. hôtel ou pension de famille et les aura effectivement occupées. [Amended 29/90; 5/99] 324-329 –

330 Swindling (1) Quiconque, soit en faisant usage (1) Any person who, by using a de faux noms ou de fausses qualités, soit en fictitious name, or assuming a false employant des manoeuvres frauduleuses, character, or by employing fraudulent pour persuader l’existence de fausses pretences, to establish the belief of the entreprises, d’un pouvoir ou d’un crédit existence of any fictitious operation or of any imaginaire, ou pour faire naître l’espérance, imaginery power or credit, or to create the ou la crainte d’un succès, d’un accident ou expectation or apprehension of any success, de tout autre évènement chimérique, soit au accident or other chimerical event, or who, moyen d’un chèque tiré sur une banque à by means of a cheque drawn on any banker Maurice à l’ordre d’une personne ou au in Mauritius to the order of any person or to porteur sans provision suffisante au moment bearer, for the payment of which there is de sa présentation se sera fait remettre ou insufficient provision at the time of the délivrer des fonds, des meubles ou des presentment thereof, obtains the remittance obligations, dispositions, billets, promesses, or delivery of any funds, movable property, quittances ou décharges, et aura, par un de obligation, condition, bill, acknowledgement, ces moyens, escroqué la totalité ou partie acquittance or discharge, and by any such de la fortune d’autrui, sera puni de servitude means as aforesaid, swindles another pénale qui n’excèdera pas 10 ans et d’une person out of the whole or of a part of his amende qui n’excèdera pas 50,000 roupies. property,shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years, and by a fine not exceeding 50,000 rupees. (2) (a) Notwithstanding sections 151 and 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, where it is averred that the person swindled is a minor or a mentally handicapped person, the person charged shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years together with a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. (b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a). [R 2/83; Amended 13/98; 5/99]

330A Dealing unlawfully in lottery ticket (1) Quiconque vendra ou distribuera (1) Any person who sells, or des représentations de billets de toute distributes, or organises the sale or loterie autorisée par la loi ou procèdera à la distribution of, shares in tickets for any vente ou à la distribution de ces lawfully promoted lottery without being the representations, sans être propriétaire ou owner or lawful possessor of the official détenteur du ou des billets officiels indiqués ticket or tickets declared to be those comme servant de couverture à la dite vente covering the said sale or distribution or in ou distribution, ou, au titre d’un même billet respect of any one or more tickets, sells, ou de mêmes billets vendra ou distribuera distributes or organises the sale or un nombre de ces représentations, ou distribution of a number of shares greater procèdera à la vente ou à la distribution d’un than that which corresponds to the division nombre de ces représentations supérieur à as agreed upon or stipulated, shall be guilty celui qui devrait correspondre à la division of swindling and liable to the penalties convenue ou stipulée, sera coupable applicable to that crime. d’escroquerie et passible des peines applicables à ce crime. (2) Quiconque vendra ou distribuera (2) Any person who sells, distributes les dites représentations ou procèdera à la or organises the sale or distribution of such vente ou à la distribution des dites shares and who is unable, at the request of représentations et qui ne pourra, sur requête a police officer, to prove that he is the owner de tout officier de police, établir qu’il est or lawful possessor of the official ticket or propriétaire ou détenteur du ou des billets tickets declared to be those covering the officiels indiqueés comme servant de said sale or distribution shall be punished by couverture à la dite vente ou distribution, imprisonment and by a fine not exceeding sera coupable d’un délit et passible de 10,000 rupees. l’emprisonnement et d’une amende n’excédant pas 10,000 roupies. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

330B Issuing cheque without provision (1) Tout individu qui aura de (1) Any person who, in bad faith mauvaise foi, soit émis un chèque sans issues a cheque for the payment of which provision préalable et disponible, ou avec there is no provision or no sufficent provision une provision inférieure au montant du or, after the issue of a cheque either chèque, soit retiré, après l’émission, tout ou withdraws in whole or in part any provision partie de la provision, soit fait défense au for the payment thereof or prevents the tiré de payer, sera puni de l’emprisonnement drawee from effecting payment shall be et d’une amende n’excé-dant pas 10,000 punished by imprisonment and by a fine not roupies. exceeding 10,000 rupees. (2) Any person who knowingly (2) Celui qui, en connaissance de agrees to receive a cheque issued in the cause, a accepté de recevoir un chèque circumstances specified in subsection (1) émis dans les conditions visées à l’alinéa (1) shall be liable to the like punishment. sera puni de la même peine. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

331 Breach of trust of minor Quiconque aura abusé des besoins, Any person who takes advantage of des faiblesses ou des passions d’un mineur, the wants, weaknesses, or passions of a pour lui faire souscrire, à son préjudice, des minor, for the purpose of making the minor obligations, quittances ou décharges pour subscribe to his prejudice, any bond, prêt d’argent, ou de choses mobilières, ou acquittance or discharge for loan of money, d’effets de commerce, ou de tous autres movable effects, commercial bill, or other effets obligatoires, sous quelque forme que valuable consi-deration, under whatever cette négociation ait été faite ou déguisée, form such transaction is made or disguised, sera puni de l’emprisonnement, et d’une shall be punished by imprisonment, and by a amende qui n’excedera pas 10,000 roupies. fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. [Amended 5/99]

332 Fraudulently using unsigned document (1) Quiconque, abusant d’un blanc- (1) Any person who, taking seing qui lui aura été confié, aura advantage of a document signed in blank frauduleusement écrit au-dessus une entrusted to him, fraudulently writes before obligation ou décharge, ou tout autre acte the signature, any obligation, discharge or pouvant compromettre la personne ou la other engagement of a nature to fortune du signataire, sera puni d’une compromise the person or fortune of the servitude pénale qui ne pourra excéder 5 party whose signature is affixed thereunto, ans et d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas shall be punished by penal servitude for a 10,000 roupies. term not exceeding 5 years, and by a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. (2) Dans le cas où le blanc-seing ne (2) Where the blank signature has lui aurait pas été confié, il sera poursuivi not been entrusted to the offender, he shall comme faussaire et puni comme tel. be prosecuted for forgery, and shall be punished accordingly. [R 2/83; Amended 5/99]

333 Embezzlement (1) Any person who embezzles, squanders away or destroys or attempts to embezzle, squander away or destroy to the prejudice of the owner, possessor or holder, any goods, money, valuables, security, bill, acquittance or other document containing or creating an obligation or discharge, which has been delivered to such person merely in pursuance of any lease or hiring (‘louage’), deposit (‘dépot’), agency (‘mandat’), pledge (‘nantissement’), loan for use (‘prêt à usage’), or for any work with or without a promise of remuneration with the condition that the same be returned or produced or be used or employed for a specific purpose, shall be punished by imprisonment and a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. (2) Where the offence has been committed by a public or a ministerial officer, or by a servant or a person in service receiving wages, or a pupil, clerk, workman, journeyman or apprentice, to the prejudice of his master, the punishment shall be penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years, without prejudice to sections 178, 179 and 180 in respect of the embezzlement, abstraction or destruction of money, goods, or papers when committed in places of public deposit. [R 2/83; Amended 5/99]

333A Embezzlement of security or charge Tout débiteur, emprunteur ou tiers Any person who – donneur de gage, qui aura détruit, détourné (a) being a debtor, borrower or ou tenté de détruire ou de détourner les surety, destroys, embezzles objets par lui donnés à titre de gages avec or attempts to destroy or ou sans déplacement, sera puni embezzle, any property d’emprisonnement et d’une amende furnished by him as security n’excédant pas 10,000 roupies. with or without actual parting La même peine sera applicable – of possession; (1) au constituant d’une sûreté (b) in relation to a charge, fixe qui aura vendu ou without the consent of the aliéné un meuble grevé, appropriate authorised sans l’autorisation de body– l’institution agréée (i) in favour of which he bénéficiaire de cette sûreté; has created a fixed (2) au constituant d’une sûreté charge, or flottante qui après notifi- (ii) after having been cation de l’avis de crista- notified of the llisation, aura vendu ou conversion of a floating aliéné un bien grevé, sans charge into a fixed one, l’auto-risation de l’institution sells or other-wise agréée bénéficiaire de cette disposes of any sûreté. property subject to the charge, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. [Amended 8/83; 5/99]

334 Removing document produced in Court Quiconque, après avoir produit dans Any person who, after having une contestation judiciaire quelque titre, produced in a judicial suit any deed, pièce ou mémoire, l’aura soustrait, de document or memorial, makes away with the quelque manière que ce soit, sera puni same, shall be punished by a fine not d’une amende qui ne pourra excéder 10,000 exceeding 10,000 rupees. roupies. [Amended 29/90; 5/99] 335 –

336 Pawnbroking and money lending without lawful authority Ceux qui auront établi ou tenu des Any person who establishes or keeps maisons de prêt sur gages ou nantissement, a house for the lending of money on pledge sans autorisation légale, ou qui se livreront or pawn, without lawful authority, or who is habituellement à des prêts de cette nature, habitually addicted to the making of loans of ou qui, ayant une autorisation, ne se seront that description, or who being duly pas conformés aux conditions et formalités authorised does not comply with the qui leur auront été imposées, seront punis conditions and formalities which have been d’un emprisonnement qui ne pourra excéder imposed upon him, shall be punished by 3 mois, et d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 5,000 roupies. months and by a fine not exceeding 5,000 rupees. [Amended 5/99]

337 Hindering judicial sale (1) Ceux qui dans les adjudications (1) Any person who at the de la propriété, de l’usufruit ou de la location adjudication of the property, usufruct, or des choses mobilères ou immobilières, lease of any property, or of any undertaking, d’une entreprise, d’une fourniture, d’une supply, work, or engagement, impedes the exploitation ou d’un service quelconque, freedom of any judicial sale, or of any auront entravé la liberté des enchères ou tender, by assault, violence or threat des soumissions, par voies de fait, violences whether before or during such sale or ou menaces, soit avant soit pendant les tender, shall be punished by imprisonment enchères ou les soumissions, seront punis for a term not exceeding 3 months, and by a d’un emprison-nement qui ne pourra fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. excéder 3 mois, et d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas 10,000 roupies. (2) La même peine aura lieu contre (2) The like punishment shall be ceux qui, par dons ou promesses, auront applied to any person who by gift or écarté les enchérisseurs. promise, prevents any person from bidding. [Amended 5/99]

338 Speculating fraudulently Tous ceux qui, par des voies ou Any person who, by any fraudulent moyens frauduleux quelconques, auront ways or means, causes a rise or fall in the opéré la hausse ou la baisse du prix des price of provisions or merchandise, or of denrées ou marchandises ou des des public bills or securities above or below the papiers et effets publics, au-dessous des price which would have been determined by prix qu’aurait déterminés la concurrence a natural and fair commercial competition, naturelle et libre du commerce, seront punis shall be punished by imprisonment for a d’un emprisonnement qui ne pourra excéder term not exceeding 10,000 rupees. un an et d’une amende qui n’excéder pas 10,000 roupies. [Amended 5/99]

339 Penalty for speculating in certain cases La peine pourra être portée jusqu’au si ces manoeuvres ont été pratiquées sur double de l’emprisonnement et de l’amende, grains, grenailles, farines, pains et the artifices have been practised with regard substances farineuses. to grain, flour, bread and other farinaceous The term of imprisonment and the substances. amount of the fine may be doubled where 340-342 –

343 Deceiving purchaser (1) Quiconque aura – (1) Any person who – (a) trompé l’acheteur sur le titre (a) deceives a purchaser, as to des matières d’or ou the standard of gold or d’argent, la qualité d’une silver, or the quality of a pierre fausse vendue pour false stone by selling it for a fine, ou la nature de toutes precious one, or as to the marchandises; nature of any goods; or (b) par usage de faux poids ou (b) by using any false weight or de fausses mesures, trompé measure, deceives in regard la quantité des choses to the quantity of goods vendues, sold, sera puni d’un emprisonnement qui ne shall be punished by imprisonment for a pourra excéder un an, et d’une amende qui term not exceeding one year, and by a fine n’excèdera pas 10,000 roupies. not exceeding 10,000 rupees. (2) Les noms des coupables seront (2) The name of an offender under publiés dans la Gazette. subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette. (3) (a) Les objets du délit ou leur (3) (a) The article with which an valeur, s’ils appartiennent encore au offence has been committed under vendeur, seront confisqués. subsection (1), or the value thereof, where they still belong to the vendor, shall be (b) Les poids faux, et les forfeited. fausses mesures seront aussi confisqués, et (b) The false weights and de plus seront brisés. measu-res shall likewise be forfeited, and shall also be destroyed. (4) (a) Notwithstanding sections 152 and 153 of the Criminal Procedure Act, where it is averred that the deceived purchaser is a minor below the age of 16 or a mentally handicapped person, the person charged shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than 3 months together with a fine of not less than 1,000 rupees. (b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a). [Amended 29/90; 13/98; 5/99]

344 Failing to honour public contract Tous individus qui auront contracté Any person who contracts for any pour fournitures, entreprises, ou régies pour supply, undertaking or superintendence, on le compte des forces de terre ou de mer, account of the land or sea forces and who, qui, sans y avoir été contraints par une force wilfully and without being compelled by majeure, et à dessein, auront fait manquer superior force, causes a failure in the le service dont ils sont chargés, contract so entrusted to him, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years, and by a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. [R 2/83; Amended 5/99]

345 Public officer assisting defaulting contractor Si des fonctionnaires publics ou des Any public functionary, agent of the agents, préposés ou salariés du Government or person appointed or paid by Gouvernement, ont aidé les coupables à the Government, who assists the offender in faire manquer le service, ils seront punis de his breach of contract, shall be punished by servitude pénale n’excédant pas 10 ans penal servitude for a term not exceeding sans prejudice de peines plus fortes, en cas 10 years, without prejudice to any severer d’intelligence avec l’ennemi. punishment, in the case of collusion with the enemy. [R 2/83]

346 Arson (1) Any person who wilfully sets fire to any building, ship, boat, storehouse, timber-yard or any other place when they are inhabited or in use as a residence or as a place of meeting, whether the same belongs to him or not, shall be liable to penal servitude. (2) Where the building, ship, boat, storehouse, timber-yard or other place is not inhabited nor in use as a residence or as a place of meeting, and does not belong to him, he shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. (3) Any person who wilfully sets fire to any forest, plantation, or to any wood, timber, coppice, or crop, whether standing or cut, which does not belong to him, shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. (4) Any person who in setting fire to his vehicle, building, ship, boat, storehouse, timber- yard or other place, when they are not inhabited nor in use as a residence or as a place of meeting, or to his forest, plantation, wood, timber, coppice or crop, whether standing or cut, wilfully causes or attempts to cause any loss, prejudice or injury to any other person, shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. (5) Any person who wilfully sets fire to any motor vehicle, whether it belongs to him or not, shall be liable to penal servitude. (6) Any person who by setting fire to anything whether it belongs to him or not, wilfully sets fire to any property or thing specified in subsections (1) to (5), shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. [R 2/83]

347 Arson causing death Dans tous les cas prévus par la section 346, si l’incendie a occasionné la mort d’une ou plusieurs personnes se trouvant dans les lieux ou véhicules incendiés au moment ou il a eclaté, In all cases specified in section 346, where the fire caused the death of one or more persons, being in the place or vehicle set on fire at the moment of the fire breaking forth, the punishment shall be penal servitude for life. [Amended 31/95]

348 Threatening arson La menace d’incendier une habitation ou toute autre propriété sera puni de la peine portée contre la menace d’assassinat, et selon les distinctions établies par les sections 224, 225 et 226 Any threat to set fire to a dwelling-place, or to any other property, shall be punished by the same punishment as a threat to murder, and according to the distinctions specified in sections 224, 225 and 226.

349 Damaging public property, private enterprise or vehicle (1) Quiconque aura volontairement détruit, renversé, endommagé ou mis hors de service, par quelque moyen que ce soit, en tout ou en partie, des édifices, navires ou bateaux, des ponts, digues ou chaussées ou autres constructions, et toutes propriétés publiques quelconques, ou même des usines, ustensiles, objets servant à l’exploitation d’un bien rural ou d’une manufacture appartenant à autrui ou des véhicules appartenant à autrui, (1) Any person who wilfully destroys, reaks down, damages, or renders useless, by any means, in whole or in part, any building, bridge, ship, vessel, boat, bridge, dike, causeway or other erection, any public property, any engine, utensil, or any article used in the business of a country estate, or of a manufacture belonging to another person or any vehicle belonging to another person, shall be punished by penal servitude not exceeding 10 years and by a fine not exceeding 3,000 rupees. (2) Any person, who, without lawful authority – (a) damages or interferes with any military installations, dock, harbour, road, power station, transmission line, water supply system, telegraph or telephone apparatus or installation, broadcasting station, or other means of communication or aircraft, aircraft material, airport landing ground or mooring; (b) obstructs or endangers the safety of any vessel, aircraft or vehicle, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 25,000 rupees and to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. (3) In this section – “military installation” means any building, installation or other property belonging to or used by the Police Force or the armed forces; “vehicle” – (a) means any vehicle designed or adapted for use on any road; and (b) includes any other means of conveyance. [Amended 29/90; 30/91]

350 Hindering public works by force (1) Quiconque, par des voies de fait, de l’emprisonnement, et d’une amende qui se sera opposé à la confection des travaux n’excèdera pas 10,000 roupies. ordonnés par le Gouvernement, sera puni (2) Les instigateurs subiront la imprisonment, and by a fine not exceeding même peine. 10,000 rupees. (2) The instigators shall suffer the (1) Any person who by violence like punishment. opposes the carrying on of any work ordered by the Government, shall be punished by [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

351 Destroying document Quiconque aura volontairement brûlé Any person who wilfully burns or ou détruit, d’une manière quelconque, des destroys, any register, minute or original act registres, minutes ou actes originaux de of public authority, or any deed, promissory l’autorité publique, des titres, billets, lettres note, bill of exchange, commercial or bank de change, effets de commerce ou de security, containing or creating any banque, contenant ou opérant obligation, obligation, condition or discharge, disposition ou décharge, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years, or by imprisonment and by a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

352 Damaging property by band (1) Tout pillage, tout dégat de (1) Any person who plunders, or denrées ou marchandises, effets, propriétés damages provisions, goods or merchandise mobilières ou immobilières commis en or any other property committed by a body réunion ou bande et à force ouverte, sera or band, and with open force, shall be puni d’une servitude pénale qui ne pourra punished by penal servitude for a term not excéder 10 ans et d’une amende qui ne exceeding 10 years, and by a fine not pourra excéder 25,000 roupies. exceeding 25,000 rupees. (2) Any person who, without lawful authority, enters or attempts to enter on any premises – (a) by using violence to any other person or building; (b) by threats to any other person; or (c) while in a body or band consisting of 5 or more persons, shall commit an offence and shall, an conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 50,000 rupees and to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. [R 1/83; R 2/83; Amended 29/90; 30/91; 5/99]

353 Damaging goods used for manufacture Quiconque, à l’aide d’une liqueur Any person who, by means of a corrosive ou par tout autre moyen, aura corrosive liquid or in any other manner, volontairement gâté des marchandises ou wilfully spoils any goods or materials used matières, servant à la fabrication, ou des for manufacture, or any manufactured effets confectionnés, sera puni de article, shall be punished by imprisonment, l’emprisonnement, et d’une amende qui and by a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. n’excèdera pas 10,000 roupies. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

354 Damaging crop Quiconque aura dévasté des récoltes Any person who destroys any sur pied, ou plants venus naturellement ou standing crop, or any plant growing naturally faits de main d’homme, sera puni de or by the labour of man, shall be punished l’emprisonnement, et d’une amende qui by imprisonment, and by a fine not n’excèdera pas 10,000 roupies. exceeding 10,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

355 Damaging tree (1) Quiconque aura abattu ou détruit (1) Any person who breaks or un ou plusieurs arbres qu’il savait appartenir destroys any tree, knowing it belongs to à autrui, ou plantés sur des places, routes, another person, or growing in any square, chemins, rues ou voies publiques, vicinales highway, road, street, or in any public, ou de traverse, sera puni d’un vicinal or private path, shall be punished by emprisonnement qui ne pourra excéder un imprisonment for a term not exceeding one an, et d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas year, and by a fine not exceeding 10,000 10,000 roupies. rupees. (2) Les peines seront les mêmes (2) The like punishment shall be pour un ou plusieurs arbres mutilés, coupés applied, where one or more trees have been ou écorcés, de manière à les faire périr, ou damaged, cut, or barked, so as to cause the s’il y a eu destruction d’une ou de plusieurs destruction of the same, or where one or greffes. more grafts have been destroyed. [Amended 5/99]

356 Damaging agricultural product Quiconque aura coupé ou extrait de la Any person who cuts or pulls out of terre, des graines ou fourrages, fruits, the ground any grain, forage, fruit, légumes, ou toute autre production qu’il vegetable, or any other produce, knowing it savait appartenir à autrui, sera puni d’un belongs to another person, shall be emprisonnement qui ne pourra excéder 6 punished by imprisonment for a term not mois, et d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas exceeding 6 months and by a fine not 10,000 roupies. exceeding 10,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

357 Damaging agricultural instrument Toute rupture ou toute destruction The breaking or destruction of any d’instruments d’agriculture, de parcs de agricultural instrument, park or pen for bestiaux, de cabanes de gardiens, sera cattle, or of any keeper’s hut, shall be punie d’un emprisonnement qui n’excèdera punished by imprisonment for a term not pas un an, et d’une amende qui ne pourra exceeding one year, and by a fine not excéder 10,000 roupies. exceeding 10,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

358 Poisoning animal Quiconque aura empoisonné des Any person who poisons any horse, chevaux ou autres bêtes de voiture, de or other animal used for draught, riding or monture ou de charge, des bestiaux à carrying burden, or any horned cattle, cornes, des moutons, chèvres, porcs, chiens sheep, goat, pig, watch-dog, poultry, or any de garde, animaux de basse-cour, ou des fish in any pond, tank, reservoir or river, poissons dans des étangs, viviers, shall be punished by penal servitude for a reservoirs ou rivières, sera puni d’une term not exceeding 10 years and by a fine servitude pénale qui ne pourra excéder 10 not exceeding 10,000 rupees. ans et d’une amende qui ne pourra excéder 10,000 roupies. [R 2/83; Amended 29/90; 5/99]

359 Killing animal (1) Ceux qui, méchamment et à (1) Any person who wilfully and dessein prémédité, auront tué l’un des maliciously kills any of the animals specified animaux mentionnés à la section 358, in section 358, shall be punished as seront punis ainsi qu’il suit – follows – (a) si le délit a été commis dans (a) where the offence has been les bâtiments, enclos et committed in any building, dépendances, ou sur les enclosure, appurtenance, or terres dont le maître de on any ground of which the l’animal tué était owner of the animal killed is propriétaire, locataire, colon the proprietor, lessee, ou fermier, la peine sera cultivator or tenant, the l’emprison-nement et une punishment shall be impri- amende qui n’excèdera pas sonment and a fine not 10,000 roupies; exceeding 10,000 rupees; (b) s’il a été commis dans tout (b) where the offence has been autre lieu, l’emprisonnement committed in any other n’excèdera pas un an. place, the imprisonment shall not exceed one year. (2) La peine de l’emprisonnement (2) The punishment of imprisonment sera toujours prononcée en cas de violation shall be inflicted where any enclosure is de clôture. forced. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

360 Injuring animal (1) Quiconque aura, méchamment mentionnés dans la section 358, ou aura et à dessein, blessé ou estropié les animaux blessé estropié ou tué tout autre animal domestique dans un lieu dont celui à qui cet animals specified in section 358, or wounds, animal appartient est propriétaire, locataire, maims, or kills any other domestic animal, in colon ou fermier, sera puni d’un a place of which the owner of the animal is emprisonne-ment qui ne pourra excéder 6 the proprietor, lessee, cultivator or tenant, mois, et d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas shall be punished by imprisonment for a 10,000 roupies. term not exceeding 6 months, and by a fine (1) Any person who wilfully and not exceeding 10,000 rupees. maliciously wounds or maims any of the (2) Si le fait a été commis dans tout (2) Si le fait a été commis dans tout autre lieu, l’emprisonnement n’excèdera pas autre lieu, l’emprisonnement n’excèdera pas 3 mois. 3 mois. (3) La peine de l’emprisonnement (3) The punishment of imprisonment sera toujours prononcée, s’il y a eu violation shall be inflicted where any enclosure has de clôture. been forced. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

361 Penalty for offence by keeper of animal Dans tous les cas prévus aux In the cases provided for in sec- sections 358 à 360, si le fait a été commis tions 358 to 360, where the offence is par une personne à qui la garde des dits committed by a person to whom the keeping animaux a été confiée, of animals was entrusted, the punishment shall be penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. [R 2/83]

362 Damaging enclosure Quiconque aura, en tout, ou en partie, Any person who, whether in whole or comblé des fossés, détruit des clôtures, de in part, fills up any ditch, destroys any quelques matériaux qu’elles soient faites, enclosure made of any materials, cuts or coupé ou arraché des haies vives ou tears up any hedge, whether quick or dead, sèches; quiconque aura déplacé ou or displaces or takes away any landmark, supprimé des bornes ou pieds corniers ou cornerstone or tree, planted or known as autres arbres plantés ou reconnus pour establishing the boundaries between établir les limites entre différents héritages, different properties, shall be punished by sera puni d’un emprisonnement qui ne imprisonment for a term not exceeding one pourra excéder un an, et d’une amende qui year, and by a fine not exceeding 10,000 n’excèdera pas 10,000 roupies. rupees. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

363 Damaging building Ceux qui auront jeté des pierres ou jardins ou enclos, seront punis d’un autres corps durs contre les maisons, emprisonnement qui ne pourra excéder un édifices ou clôtures d’autrui, ou dans les an, et d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas 10,000 roupies, sans préjudice de peine into any garden or enclosure, shall be plus forte, s’il est résulté quelque blessure punished by imprisonment for a term not ou accident. exceeding one year and by a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees, without prejudice Any person who throws any stone or to any severer punishment, if any wound or other hard substance against the house, accident has ensued. building or enclosure, of another person or [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

364 Flooding road or property Seront punis d’une amende qui ne Any proprietor, farmer or other person pourra excéder 10,000 roupies, les having the possession and use of any mill, propriétaires ou fermiers ou toute autre machinery, or pond, who by raising the personne jouissant de moulins, usines ou overfall of the water above the height fixed étangs qui par l’élévation du déversoir de by the competent authority, inundates any leurs eaux audessus de la hauteur road, or the property of another person, shall déterminée par l’autorité compétente, auront be punished by a fine not exceeding inondé les chemins ou les propriétaires 10,000 rupees. d’autrui. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

365 Damaging property by fire L’incendie des propriétés mobilières The burning of any property, ou immobilières d’autrui qui aura été causé belonging to another person, which is par la vétusté ou le défaut soit de réparation, caused by the decay or want of repair, or the soit de nettoyage des fours, cheminées, foul state of any oven, chimney, forge, forges, maisons, ou usines prochaines, ou adjoining house or machinery, or by any fire par des feux allumés dans les champs à lighted in a field at a distance of less than moins des 100 toises des maisons, édifices, 100 toises from any house, building, forest, fôrets, bruyères, bois, vergers, plantations, heath, wood, orchard, plantation, hedge, haies, meules, tas de grains, pailles, foins, stack of straw or grain, straw, hay, forage, or fourrages, ou de tout autre dépôt de any other mass of combustible matter, or by matières combustibles, ou par des feux ou any fire or light carried or left without lumières portés ou laissés sans précaution sufficient precaution, or by any fireworks suffisante, ou par des pièces d’artifice lighted or let off with negligence or allumées ou tirées par négligence ou imprudence, shall be punished by a fine not imprudence, sera puni d’une amende qui ne exceeding 10,000 rupees. pourra excéder 10,000 roupies. [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

366 Failing to notify of infected animal Tout détenteur ou gardien d’animaux ville, le Commissaire de Police, et qui ou de bestiaux soupçonnés d’être infectés même, avant que le Commissaire de Police de maladie contagieuse, qui n’aura pas ou le Surintendant de Police, du quartier ait averti, sur le champ, le Surintendant de répondu à l’avertissement, n’aura pas tenu Police du district ou ils se trouvent, ou en ces animaux ou bestiaux renfermés, sera puni d’une amende, qui ne pourra excéder Louis, or to the Superintendent of Police of 10,000 rou-pies. the District where the animal or cattle is, and who, before the Superintendent of Police Any person having the possession or has replied to such information, does not charge of any animal or cattle, suspected of keep the animal or cattle shut up, shall be being infected with any contagious disorder, punished by a fine not exceeding 10,000 who does not give immediate notice thereof rupees. to the Commissioner of Police if in Port [Amended 29/90; 5/99]

367 Allowing infected animal to communicate with others Seront également punis d’un Any person who in defiance of the emprison-nement qui ne pourra excéder 2 prohibition given by lawful authority, allows mois, et d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas his infected animals or cattle to 5,000 roupies, ceux qui, au mépris des communicate with others, shall likewise be défenses de l’autorité, auront laissé leurs punished by imprisonment for a term not animaux ou bestiaux infectés communiquer exceeding 2 months and by a fine not avec d’autres. exceeding 5,000 rupees. [Amended 5/99]

368 Permitting contagion of disease Si de la communication mentionnée à Where from the communication la section 367, il est résulté une contagion specified in section 367 there ensues parmi les autres animaux, ceux qui auront contagion among such other animals, those contrevenu aux défenses de l’autorité, who have contravened the prohibition given seront punis d’un emprisonnement qui ne by lawful authority, shall be punished by pourra excéder un an, et d’une amende qui imprisonment for a term not exceeding one n’excèdera pas 5,000 roupies, le tout sans year and by a fine not exceeding 5,000 préjudice de l’exécution des lois et rupees, without prejudice to the execution of règlements relatifs aux maladies any enactment relative to the epidemic epizootiques, et de l’application des peines y diseases of animals, and the application of portées. the penalties there prescribed. [Amended 5/99]

369 Damaging goods and chattels Ceux qui hors les cas prévus par les Any person who, in any case not sections 346 à 368, auront volontairement provided for by sections 346 to 368, causes causé du dommage aux propriétés any wilful damage to the goods and chattels mobilières d’autrui, seront punis d’un of another person, shall be punished by emprisonnement qui n’excèdera pas 12 imprisonment for a term not exceeding mois et d’une amende qui ne pourra 12 months and by a fine not exceeding excéder 10,000 roupies. 10,000 rupees. [Amended 29/90; 5/99] 369A [Repealed 22/03] 369B [Repealed 22/03] BOOK IV – CONTRAVENTIONS 370-377 – PART I – FIRST CLASS CONTRAVENTIONS

378 First class contraventions Seront punis d’une amende A fine not exceeding 1,000 rupees n’excédant pas 1,000 roupies ceux qui – shall be incurred by any person who – (a) auront négligé d’éclairer ou de (a) neglects to light or clean any street nettoyer les rues ou passages, or passage in the places where the dans les lieux où la loi impose cette law imposes this obligation upon charge aux habitants; the inhabitants; (b) auront embarrassé la voie publique, en y déposant ou y (b) obstructs the public way, by laissant des matériaux ou des depositing or leaving on it any choses quelconques qui materials or things, which may empêchent ou diminuent la liberté hinder or diminish the free and safe ou la sûreté du passage ou auront passage of the same, or neglects négligé d’éclairer les matériaux par to place a light upon the materials eux entreposés, ou les excavations which he has heaped up, or upon par eux faites dans les rues ou the excavation which he has made places, après en avoir obtenu la in any street or public place, after permission de la police, ou sans having obtained the sanction of the cette permission, auront fait les Police, or without such sanction, dites excavations; makes any such excavation; (c) auront négligé ou refusé d’exécuter (c) neglects or refuses to execute any les règlements ou arrêtés enactment concerning highways, or concernant la petite voirie, ou to obey any summons issued by d’obéir à la sommation emanée du the Commissioner of Police to Commissaire de Police de réparer repair or demolish any building ou démolir les édifices menaçant threatening to fall; ruine; (d) auront établi sur les fenêtres ou (d) places on a window, balcony or balcons, ou ailleurs, des objets elsewhere, any article, the fall of dont la chute pourrait nuire aux which may hurt persons passing passants; by; (e) auront négligé de faire piocher et (e) neglects to clear away and destroy détruire dans la rue, le long des in the street, along the footpath of trottoirs des maisons qu’ils the house in which he dwells, habitent, les herbes, chiendents et weeds, grass, and other plants of autres plantes de toute espèce; every description; (f) auront porté dans les rues du feu, (f) carries fire in the street, except in a autrement que dans les lanternes lantern or vase, or with such other ou dans des vases, ou au moyen precau-tionary means as are d’autres précautions propres à calculated to guard against prévenir les accidents d’incendie; accident by fire; (g) auront laissé dans les rues, (g) leaves in any street, road, chemins, places, lieux publics ou public place, square or field, dans les champs, des pinces, any crowbar, bar, or other barres, barreaux ou autres engine, instrument or arms, of machines, ou instruments ou which an improper use may be armes dont puissent abuser les made by malefactors or malfaiteurs ou les voleurs, ou thieves, or any stone or other des pierres ou autres objets article that may impede the pouvant nuire à la circulation sur free passage of the public way; la voie publique; (h) tiendront sur la voie publique (h) keeps any loaded cart or dray on des charrettes ou haquets the public way, for a longer time chargés plus longtemps qu’il than is necessary, or after n’est nécessaire, ou qui, après unloading the same, leaves on the les avoir déchargés, laisseront public way such cart, or any sur la voie publique soit les dites forage or other article taken from charrettes ou du fourrage, ou the cart; tout autre objet en provenant; (i) sans permission de la police, auront dressé des tentes dans (i) without the permission of the les rues et places publiques, et Police, erects a tent in a street or le long des maisons ou public place, or in front of any bâtiments, ou y auront dressé house or building, or fixes a rope des cordes ou établi des or sets up a stake in any such poteaux; place; (j) auront établi à leurs maisons (j) sets up against his house any des étais ou des entourages prop or enclosure, encroaching on empiétant sur la rue, des the street, or any shed, table for abavents, des tables pour the exposure of goods, trap door exposition de marchandises, des or other work, calculated to trappes de cave ou autres obstruct or impede the passage ouvrages propres à obstruer ou except in cases of building, à gêner le passage, sauf dans repairing or demolishing, where les cas de constructions, the props, enclosures or other réparations ou démolition où les works on the public way have étais, entourages et autres been authorised by the ouvrages sur la voie publique Commissioner of Police who shall auront été faits avec determine the manner in which l’autorisation du Commissaire de the same shall be made and the Police qui en determinera le time of their removal; mode et la durée; (k) n’auront pas assujetti les (k) does not fasten the windows, contrevents et portes de leurs shutters and doors of his house, maisons, entourages et enclosure or outhouse, in such dépendances, de manière à ce manner as persons passing by que les passants ne puissent en may not be obstructed or hurt by être incommodés ni blessés; the same; (l) auront négligé de faire balayer le (l) neglects to cause the front of his devant de leurs maisons ou de house or premises, and the leurs emplacements, et leurs footpath and drain in front of the trottoirs et gondôles, ou de same to be swept, and to collect réunir les balayures assez à the sweepings together, in temps pour être enlevées par les sufficient time for removal by the véhicules employés à cet effet; vehicles used for that purpose; (m) auront jeté dans les rues, ou (m) throws in the street or puts in front exposé au devant de leurs of his house any dung, earth, maisons, des fumiers, terreaux, rubbish or any other thing not décombres et autres objets de removable by the vehicles and nature à ne pouvoir être enlevés calculated to impede the free par les tombereaux, et à nuire à passage, or the salubrity of the la commodité et à la salubrité de highway; la voie publique; (n) imprudemment auront jeté des (n) without due caution, throws filth, immondices, de l’eau ou toute water or any other thing on autre chose sur quelque another person; personne; (o) auront jeté des immondices ou (o) throws filth or any other thing into toute autre chose dans les or near any stream, canal, or ruisseaux, canaux ou cours running water, fountain or public d’eau, dans les fontaines, reservoir, or washes or bathes reservoirs publics, ou auprès, ou therein; qui auront lavé ou se seront baignés dans les dits lieux; (p) auront jeté, fait ou déposé des (p) throws, makes, or puts any refuse ordures dans les rues; in the street; (q) is found drunk and incapable in any street, highway, road, square or other public place; (r) seront vêtus d’une manière (r) is dressed in an indecent manner; contraire à la décence; (s) bathes or shows himself in an (s) se baigneront ou se montre-ront indecent state, in any place open dans un état contraire à la to public view; décence, dans les lieux exposés à la vue du public; (t) without authority, or in any (t) auront, sans permission, ou manner contrary to the authority d’une manière contraire à la obtained, makes or keeps in the permission obtenue, pratiqué, ou street any drain or sink for the conservé sur les rues, des éviers carrying away of the filth coming pour servir d’écoule-ment aux from his courtyard or premises; immondices de leurs cours et (u) allows an animal other than a dog, emplacements; belonging to him to stray; (u) auront laissé vaguer des animaux autres que des chiens, (v) throws into any street, public à eux appartenant; place or suburb or into any (v) auront jeté dans les rues, places harbour, river, stream, canal or publiques ou carrefours, dans ditch, any dead animal, or does les ports et rivières, ruisseaux, not cause the same to be buried canaux ou fossés, des animaux in the place indicated by the morts, et ne les auront point fait Police; enterrer dans les endroits indiqués par la police; (w) exposes for sale, or causes to be (w) auront étalé ou fait étaler ailleurs exposed for sale, elsewhere than qu’au bazar, des fruits, viandes, in the bazaar, fruit, meat, légumes, boissons et autres vegetables, drink or any other choses à faire vendre au marché thing which ought to be sold in the public; public market place; (x) without permission, sells or (x) sans permission, auront vendu causes to be sold in the street, or ou fait vendre dans les rues, ou elsewhere than in the place ailleurs qu’aux lieux désignés pointed out by the licence, articles par la permission, des objets de of haberdashery, hardware, mercerie, quincaillerie, friperie et second hand clothes, or other autres détails; such commodities; (y) without any other circumstance (y) sans autre circonstance prévue provided for by law, gathers or par les lois, auront cueilli ou eats on the spot, fruit belonging to mangé sur le lieu même des another person; fruits appartenant à autrui; (z) passes through ground belonging (z) auront traversé le terrain to another person, or enters upon d’autrui, ou qui, contre sa such ground contrary to the will of permission, entreront sur sa the owner; propriété; (za) has a keeper thereof who does not keep in sight, the cattle or (za) auront des gardiens qui n’auront animals entrusted to his care, or pas gardé à vue, ou auront leaves them to stray by abandonné à eux-mêmes les themselves; troupeaux, bes-tiaux ou animaux dont ils avaient la garde; (zb) before the hour fixed by the (zb) avant les heures fixées par la Police, causes to be carried to the police auront fait porter, en place prescribed, any tub of filth, traversant les rues et places de by traversing any street or public la ville, des bailles d’immondices place in the town, or causes the aux lieux indiqués par les same to be carried elsewhere règlements, ou les auront fait than the place prescribed, and porter ailleurs qu’aux lieux déter- any person who puts or throws minés par les règlements, any filth in any part of the town, or déposeront ou jetteront des in its immediate vicinity, except in immondices quelconque dans the places specified for that aucune partie de la ville ou dans purpose by the competent son voisinage immédiat, excepté authority. dans les lieux désignés à cet effet par l’autorité compétente. [Amended 29/90' 19/95; 5/99]

379 Forteiture of object of first class contraventions Seront confisqués les instruments The instruments, arms, animals, and et armes, les animaux et les objets de bazaar commodities specified in section 378 (g), bazar et autres respectivement (u), (w) and (x) shall be forfeited. mentionnés à la section 378 (g), (u), (w) et (x).

380 Imprisonment in certain cases In the case of an offence against section 378 (q) or (s) imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 days may be added to the fine.

381 Penalty for recidivism In case of a subsequent conviction for a En cas de récidive, le double de similar offence, double the term of l’emprisonnement pourra être prononcé dans imprisonment may be pronounced in the les cas prévus par la section 378 (q) et (s), et cases specified in section 378 (q) and (s), and le double de l’amende dans tous les cas. double the fine in all cases. PART 11 - SECOND CLASS CONTRAVENTIONS

382 Second class contraventions Seront punis d’une amende n’excédant A fine not exceeding 2,000 rupees and pas 2,000 roupies et de l’emprisonnement imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 days n’excédant pas 4 jours – shall be incurred by – (a) les aubergistes, hôteliers et (a) any keeper of an hotel, inn or logeurs qui auront négligé lodging house, who neglects d’inscrire sur un registre tenu to insert in a register kept for à cet effet, les noms, qualités that purpose, the name, et domicile habituel, date profession, usual domicile, d’entrée et de sortie, de toute and date of arrival and personne qui aurait couché departure of every individual ou passé une nuit dans leurs who sleeps or passes a night maisons, ainsi que ceux qui in the inn, hotel or lodging auraient manqué à house, and any keeper who représenter ce registre, fails to produce such register lorsqu’ils en auraient été whenever required so to do to requis, au Commissaire de the Commissioner of Police or Police ou à tous officiers de to any other police officer, ce départe-ment, sans without prejudice to the préjudice de la responsabilité responsibility of such keeper des crimes ou des délits de for any crime or misdemea- ceux qui, ayant logé ou nour committed by any sejourné chez eux, n’auraient person who lodges or pas été régulière-ment sojourns with such keeper, inscrits; and is not regularly inscribed as before mentioned; (b) any person not being the owner, usufructuary, tenant or (b) ceux qui, n’étant ni proprié- renter of, nor having the use taires ni usufruitiers, ni nor the right of passage over locataires, ni fermiers, ni any land, or who being neither jouissant d’un terrain ou d’un agent of, nor employed by droit de passage, ou qui any of these persons, enters n’étant ni agents, ni préposés and passes over such land, or d’aucune de ces personnes, any portion thereof, if the seront entrés et auront passé same had been prepared or sur ce terrain ou sur partie de planted, or had been sown, or ce terrain, s’il est préparé, had any crop growing therein; ensemencé, planté ou chargé (c) any person who causes or d’une récolte quelconque; permits his herds, cattle, beasts of burden, of draft, or (c) ceux qui auront fait ou laissé for riding to pass over the passer leurs troupeaux, land of another person before bestiaux, bêtes de trait, de the whole of the crop has charge ou de monture, sur le been cleared away; terrain d’autrui avant l’entier enlèvement des récoltes; (d) ceux dont les charrettes ne (d) any person whose cart does porteront pas à l’extérieur le not bear on the outside the nom du propriétaire et le name of the owner, and the numéro donné par la police number given by the Police peints en blanc dans la painted on a black ground in dimension d’un pouce de white letters and figures of hauteur au moins sur un fond one inch in height and placed noir, et placés sur les deux on both sides of the cart, and côtés de la charrette ou qui also any person who neglects auront négligé de pourvoir à to provide for the driving of la conduite des dites such cart by 2 drivers on foot, charrettes par 2 charretiers à where there are more than pied, s’il y a plus de 2 bêtes 2 animals to the cart; attelées; (e) any driver of a cart, carriage (e) les charretiers et conducteurs or vehicle, or of any beast of de voitures quelconques ou burden who neglects to keep de bêtes de charge, qui constantly within reach of his auront négligé de se tenir horses, draft animals, beasts constamment à portée de of burden, carriage or vehicle, leurs chevaux, bêtes de trait so as to be able to lead or ou de charge et de leurs drive the same, and to leave voitures, et en état de les free to the right, one half at guider et conduire, et de least of the street, way, road laisser libre au moins la moitié or causeway; des rues, chausseés, routes et chemins à leur droite; bicycle or other cycle who neglects to leave (f) Any rider or a tricycle, least of the street, way, road or causeway; to the right one half at (g) any person who runs the risk (g) ceux qui auront couru le of doing any injury by the risque de nuire par la rapidité rapidity or unskilful ou la mauvause direction des management of any carriage, voitures ou des animaux; vehicle or animal; (h) any person whose horse, ass, (h) ceux dont les chevaux, ânes, mule, ox, cow, sheep or goat mulets et boeufs ou vaches, is found in a street or public moutons ou cabris, seront place without a driver; trouvés dans les rues ou sur les places, sans conducteurs; (i) any person who allows any (i) ceux qui auront laissé vaguer madman, being under his des fous ou des furieux, étant charge, or any dangerous or sous leur garde, ou des ferocious animal, to wander animaux malfaisants ou about, even though no harm féroces, quand il n’en serait or injury ensues; résulté aucun mal ni dommage; (j) ceux qui auront établi ou tenu (j) any person who establishes or dans les rues, chemins, places keeps in a street, road, public ou lieux publics, des jeux de place or square, any game of hasard, quelle que soit la chance, whatever may be the nature ou la forme de ces jeux, nature or description of the les bornes ou l’étendue des same, as well as the limits or risques ou des espérances; extent of the risk or chance which may be run; (k) ceux qui auront vendu ou (k) any person who sells or retails débité des boissons falsifiées, any adulterated liquor without sans préjudice des peines plus prejudice to any severer sévères, si elles l’étaient par punishment, where the des mélanges nuisibles à la ingredients employed are santé; prejudicial to health; (l) ceux qui, sans raison valable, (l) any person who without lawful auront refusé ou négligé de excuse refuses or neglects to faire les travaux, le service, ou perform any labour or service, de prêter les secours, dont ils or to lend the assistance which auront été requis dans les is required of him, in case of circonstances d’accidents, any accident, tumult, tumultes, inondations, incen- inundation, fire, or other die ou autres calamités, ainsi calamity, as also in case of any que dans les cas de brigand- robbery, illegal meeting, age, rassemblement illégal, plundering, flagrant offence, pillage, flagrant délit, clameur hue and cry, or judicial publique, ou d’exécution execution; judiciaire; (m) any person coming within (m) ceux qui se trouveront dans les sections 203 and 207; cas prévus par les sections 203 et 207; (n) any person who sticks up, sells (n) ceux qui auront affiché, vendu or distributes any drawing or ou distribué des dessins ou engraving contrary to the gravures contraires aux principles of morality, without principes de la morale, sans prejudice to the prosecution to préjudice des poursuites à be instituted against the author exercer contre les auteurs de of such drawing or engraving; tels dessins ou gravures; (o) any person who exposes for (o) ceux qui exposeront en vente sale any eatable, if the same is des comestibles gâtés, spoiled, tainted or hurtful; corrompus, ou nuisibles; (p) any person who breaks in any (p) ceux qui dresseront des horse or mule, either for saddle chevaux ou mulets de voiture or harness, in any street or ou de main dans les rues ou public place in town at any places de la ville à quelque hour, or in the Champ-de-Mars heure que ce soit, ou au before 8 am or after 4 pm; Champ-de-Mars, avant 8 am et (q) any person who rides or leads après 4 pm; in the street a horse or mule (q) ceux qui monteront ou without a bridle; conduiront dans les rues, des chevaux ou mules, sans bride; (r) any person who sends cattle, (r) ceux qui auront fait conduire ou or causes the same to be taken auront fait paître des bestiaux for pasture into any street or dans les rues ou dans within the precincts of the town l’enceinte de la ville, ou qui leur or causes the same to go auront fait traverser la ville à through the town at any other d’autres heures que celles qui hours than those notified by the leur auront été indiquées par la Police. police. [Amended 29/90; 5/99] 383-

384 Forfeiture of object of second class contraventions Seront saisis et confisqués – The following shall be seized and forfeited – (a) les tables, instruments, (a) any table, instrument or article appareils de jeux, établis dans used for gambling in a street, les rues, chemins et voies road or public way, as well as publiques, ainsi que les enjeux, any stake funds or other les fonds ou autres objets articles offered to the players proposés aux joueurs dans le as specified in section 382(j); cas de la section 382 (j); (b) les boissons falsifiées, trou- (b) any adulterated liquor found to vées appartenir au vendeur ou belong to the seller or retailer. débitant. PART III - THIRD CLASS CONTRAVENTIONS

385 Third class contraventions Seront punis d’une amende n’excédant A fine not exceeding 3,000 rupees and pas 3,000 roupies et de l’emprisonnement imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 days n’excédant pas 10 jours – shall be incurred by – (a) ceux qui auront négligé (a) any person who neglects to d’entretenir, réparer ou keep in good order, to repair or nettoyer les fours, cheminées to clean any oven, chimney or ou usines où l’on fait usage du place in which fire is used; feu; (b) any person who lets off (b) ceux qui auront tiré des pièces fireworks in any town, borough, d’artifice dans les villes, village, public road, or in the bourgs, ou villages, chemins vicinity thereof, without the publics, ou dans leur voisinage, permission of the Police; sans la permission de la police; (c) any person who makes a fire in (c) ceux qui auront fait du feu dans any house, outhouse, or hut in toute maison, appentis ou which there is no hearth or case, qui n’aura pas d’âtre ou chimney to receive it; de cheminée pour le recevoir; (d) any person who plunders wood (d) ceux qui auront maraudé du or fruit belonging to another bois ou des fruits à autrui, à person and carries off the dos d’homme ou à dos d’une same, whether on the back of a bête de charge, ou auront pris man or of a beast of burden, or dans les champs des grains ou takes grain or other produce of autres productions de la terre; the ground from any field; (e) les voleurs de volailles ou de (e) any person who steals any fowl pigeons, si la plainte n’a pas or pigeon, where no complaint été portée devant la police is brought before the Police; correctionnelle; (f) ceux qui auront pris ou enlevé (f) any person who takes or des terres, pierres ou carries away any earth, stone, pierrailles, ou gazons, soit gravel, or turf, whether from a dans les voies ou chemins, soit highway or road, or from sur les terres de l’Etat, soit sur ground belonging to the le terrain d’autrui; Government, or from land belonging to another person; (g) any person who, without the permission of the Municipal Council in the towns of Port Louis, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Quatre Bornes, Curepipe and Vacoas- Phoenix or of a Superintendent of Police in any other place, lights a fire in any street or public place, or in any suburb or yard, or in any field, at a distance of less than 50 metres from any house, building, orchard, plantation, stack of hay, heap of grain, straw, forage, or other combustible materials, even though no accident ensues; (h) les hôteliers, aubergistes ou (h) any keeper of an hotel, inn or logeurs qui auraient inscrit sur lodging house, who inscribes in leurs registres les personnes his register, under a fictitious qui ont logé ou passé une nuit name or description any chez eux, sous des noms person who lodged or passed a supposés ou de fausses night in such hotel, inn or qualifications, sans préjudice lodging house without de leur responsabilité; prejudice to the responsibility of such keeper; (i) les aubergistes, traiteurs et cafetiers qui auront donné à (i) any keeper of an inn, eating- boire ou à jouer à des house, or coffee house who militaires, et les cafetiers qui, furnishes any soldiers with après minuit auront du monde drink or the means of gamb- chez eux, ou auront donné à ling, and any keeper of a coffee jouer à qui que ce soit; house who after midnight has any customer in such coffee house, or permits gambling (j) ceux qui auront occasionné la there; mort ou la blessure des (j) any person who causes the animaux ou bestiaux apparte- death or wounding of any nant à autrui, par l’effet de la animal or cattle belonging to divagation de fous ou furieux, another person, by the ou d’animaux malfaisants ou wandering about of any mad- féroces, ou par la rapidité ou la man, or of any dangerous or mauvaise direction, ou le ferocious animal, or by the chargement excessif des rapidity, unskilful manage- voitures, chevaux, bêtes de ment, or the overloading of any trait, de charge ou de monture; carriage or vehicle, horse, draft (k) ceux qui auront occasionné les animal, beast of burden, or mêmes dommages par l’emploi animal for riding; ou l’usage d’armes, sans (k) any person who causes the like précaution ou avec injury by using or employing maladresse, ou par jet de arms without proper caution or pierres ou d’autres corps durs; skill, or by throwing any stone or other hard substance; (l) ceux qui auront causé les (l) any person who causes the like mêmes accidents par la accident by the old age, state vétusté, la dégradation, le of decay, want of repair or défaut de réparation ou proper keeping up of any d’entretien des maisons ou house or building, or by the édifices, ou par l’encom- heaping up of materials, or brement ou l’excavation ou making an excavation or any telles autres oeuvres, dans ou similar work in or near any près les rues, chemins, places street, road, public place or ou voies publiques, sans les way, or without due or usual précautions or-donnés ou precaution; d’usage; (m) des gens qui font le métier de (m) any person who follows the deviner et pronostiquer, ou trade of a diviner, fortune-teller, d’expliquer les songes; or interpreter of dreams; (n) any person who prepares or (n) ceux qui auront préparé ou exposes for sale the flesh of exposé en vente de la viande any animal, which is unheal-thy de boucherie provenant or unfit to be killed for butcher’s d’animaux malsains ou non meat; propres à la boucherie; (o) ceux qui auront distribué ou (o) any person who distributes or débité des recettes, drogues, sells any prescription, drug, médicaments, compositions medicine, composition, or ou secrets pour la guérison recipe, for the cure of any de maladies, infirmités ou disease, infirmity, or wound, blessures, sans en avoir unless he has first obtained the obtenu les autorisations requisite authority for that nécessaires, sans prejudice purpose, without prejudice to des peines à prononcer en the penalties which may be cas d’accidents survenus par awarded, if any accident l’effet de l’usage de ces ensues from the effect of using compositions ou recettes; such composition or recipe; (p) ceux qui auront de faux poids (p) any person who has any false ou de fausses mesures dans weight or measure in his leurs magasins, bou-tiques, storehouse, shop, manufac- ateliers ou maisons de tory, or counting house, or in commerce, ou dans les the market or bazaar, without marchés ou bazars; sans prejudice to punishments préjudice des peines correc- against those who have made tionnelles contre ceux qui use of such false weight or auraient fait usage de ces measure; faux poids ou de ces fausses mesures; (q) ceux qui emploieront des (q) any person who makes use of poids ou des mesures diffé- any weight or measure dif- rents de ceux qui sont établis ferent from those established par les lois en vigueur; by the laws in force; (r) any person who disturbs the public peace by behaving in a disorderly manner; (s) any person who at night wantonly blows a whistle, or uses any other instrument, emitting or producing a sound similar to the sound of the police alarm whistle. 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387 Forfeiture of objects of third class contraventions Seront de plus saisis et confisqués The following shall be seized and forfeited – (a) les faux poids et les fausses (a) the false weights and mesures, ainsi que les poids et measures, as well as the les mesures différents de ceux weights and measures differ- que la loi a établis; ing from those established by law; (b) les instruments, ustensiles ou (b) the instruments, utensils, or autres objets servant ou other articles used or intended destinés à l’exercice du metier to be used for exercising the de devin, pronostiqueur ou trade of a diviner, fortune teller, interprète de songes; or interpreter of dreams; (c) les drogues, médicaments, (c) the drugs, medicines, com- compositions, appareils et positions, apparatus and uten- ustensiles de charlatans ou sils of any quack or other débitants sans autorisation; vendor not duly licensed; (d) the meat described in section (d) les viandes mentionnés à la 385(n) which shall also be section 385(n) qui seront en destroyed. outre détruites. ______________