Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “anti-handling device” has the same meaning as in the Anti-Personnel Mines and Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Act; “anti-personnel mine” has the same meaning as in the Anti-Personnel Mines and Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Act; C45A – 1 [Issue 10] The Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects Act “armed conflict” means situations referred to in Articles 2 and 3 common to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the Protection of War Victims, including any situation described in paragraph 4 of Article 1 of the Additional Protocol 1 to these Conventions; “blinding laser weapon” has the same meaning as in Article 1 of Protocol IV; “booby-trap” has the same meaning as in Article 2 of Protocol II; “civilian object” has the same meaning as in Article 2 of Protocol II; “component part” means any identifiable component designed or adapted to form an essential and integral part of any weapon prohibited by this Act; “Convention” means the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects, 10 October 1980, as amended on 21 December 2001 and set out in the First Schedule; “explosive remnants of war” has the same meaning as is Article 2 of Protocol V; “feasible precaution” has the same meaning as in Article 1 of Protocol III; “incendiary weapon” has the same meaning as in Article 1 of Protocol III; “military objective” has the same meaning as in Article 2 of Protocol II; “mine” has the same meaning as in the Anti-Personnel Mines and Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Act; “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of humanitarian law is assigned; “other device” has the same meaning as in Article 2 of Protocol II; “permanent blindness” has the same meaning as in Article 4 of Protocol IV; “Protocol I” means the Protocol on Non-detectable Fragments (Protocol I), 10 October 1980, set out in the Second Schedule; “Protocol II” means the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II), 10 October 1980, as amended on 3 May 1996, set out in the Third Schedule; “Protocol III” means the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III), 10 October 1980, set out in the Fourth Schedule; [Issue 10] C45A – 2 Revised Laws of Mauritius “Protocol IV” means the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV), 13 October 1995, set out in the Fifth Schedule; “Protocol V” means the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V), 28 November 2003, set out in the Sixth Schedule; “remotely delivered mine” has the same meaning as in Article 2 of Protocol II; “self-deactivating” has the same meaning as in Article 2 of Protocol II; “self-destruction mechanism” has the same meaning as in Article 2 of Protocol II; “self-neutralisation mechanism” has the same meaning as in Article 2 of Protocol II; “transfer” has the same meaning as in Article 2 of Protocol II.