Pas Geometriques (Amendment) Act 1989 (No. 35 of 1989)

Acts 1989 THE PAS OEOMETilIQUES (AMENDMENT> ACT 1989 Act No. 35 of 1989 24 November 1989 Stction I assent, AllltANGBMBNT OP SEcrIONS V. RINGADOO Governor-General 1, Short dtlo. 4. Section 24A added to the principal Act. 2. Interpretation. s. Consequential amendment, 3. Section 24 of the principal Act amended. An Act To amend the Pas Geometrlques Act ENACTED by the Parliament of Mauritius, as follows !. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Pas Oeometriques (Amendment) Act 1989~ 2. Interpretation. In this Act "principal Act" means the Pas G6om6triques Act. 3. Section 24 of the princlpal Act amended. Section 24 of the principal Act is amended in subsection m by deleting the words "No person''. and "replacing them by the worda 4'Notwithstanding any other enactment, but subject to section 24A. no person". Acts 1989 4. Section 24A added to the principal Act. The principal Act is amended by adding immediately after section 24 the following new section l4A. Removal of jetties or other structures. (1) Notwithstanding any other enactment, no person shall build. erect or set up any jetty, wall, fence, groins or other structure on any paN of the Pas Geometriques without any right, title or capacity or without the express authori• sation in writing of the Minister. (2) Where the Minister is satisfied that any jetty, wall, fence, gro:ns or other structure has been built or erected on any part of the Pas Geometriques without any right, title or capacity or without his express authorisation, he may cause the same to be demolished and removed in accordance with the procedure specified ,n section 24. (3) Section 240 1) shall apply to any action taken under subsection (2). 5. Consequential amendments. (1) The Territorial Sea Act is amended by adding after section 8 the following section 9. Removal of jetties and other structures. ( 1) No person shall build, erect or set up any jetty, wall, fence, groins or other structure on any part of the seabed without the express authorisation in writing of the Minister. (2) Where the Minister is satisfied that any jetty. wall, fence. groins or other structure has been built or erected on any pa-rt of the seabed without his authorisation in writing, he may cause the same to be demolished and removed. (3) In this section "Minister" means the Minister to whom responsibility for the the subject of ]ands is assigned. (2) The Criminal Code (Supplementary) Aot is amended in sec tion. 110 by deleting subsection (3) and replacing it by the foUowing subsections (3) The Minister may, where an obstruction under subsection (2) is in the nature of a jetty, fence, wall or groins and in respect of which no authorisation has been granted by him, order such jetty, fence, wan or groins, as the case may be, to be demolished and removed. Acts 1989 (4) In this section "sea shore" includes that portion of the seashore which is covered by the sea at high tide and uncovered at low tide. "Minister" means the minister to whom responsibility for tne sut, ject of lands is assigned. Passed by the Legislative Assembly on the twenty-first aay of November one thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine. L. RIV AL TZ QUENElTE Clerk of. tile Legislative Assembly.