Section 7A: Jurisdiction

7A. Jurisdiction (1) Sections 4, 5 and 5A shall apply where the offence is committed on board an aircraft which— (a) is registered in Mauritius; (b) is in the service of Mauritius; or (c) lands in Mauritius with the offender still on board and the aircraft commander delivers the offender to the police in Mauritius with an affirmation that no request to prosecute the offender has been made by the commander to any other State or the aircraft operator. (2) For the purposes of this section, an aircraft shall be deemed to be in the service of Mauritius where it is operated by any company or body holding an air operator certificate issued by the competent authority in Mauritius. (3) Any act or omission under section 4, 5 or 5A shall be deemed, for the purposes of criminal jurisdiction, to have taken place in the district of Port Louis, and the law of Mauritius shall have effect in relation to that act or omission as if it had taken place in Mauritius. [S. 7A inserted by s. 7 of Act 12 of 2007 w.e.f. 11 August 2007.]