Section 11: Recruiting for service outside Mauritius

11. Recruiting for service outside Mauritius (1) Where any person in Mauritius obtains recruits for the service of any foreign State in any capacity, the President may, by regulations— (a) prohibit such person from so doing; (b) permit him to do so, subject to any conditions which the President thinks fit to impose. (2) The President may, by regulations— (a) prohibit recruiting for the service of any foreign State; or (b) impose upon such recruiting any conditions which he thinks fit. (3) Any person who, in violation of a prohibition issued or of a condition imposed under this section— (a) induces any person to accept or agree to accept, or to proceed to any place with a view to obtaining, any commission or employment in the service of a foreign State; or (b) knowingly aids in the engagement of any person so induced, by forwarding or conveying him or by advancing money or in any other way, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 14 years and to a fine not exceeding 50,000 rupees. (4) In this section, “foreign State” includes a person exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of Government in or over any country, colony, province or people outside Mauritius. [S. 11 amended by Act 29 of 1990; Act 48 of 1991; Act 5 of 1999; s. 8 of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.] 12. – 15. —