Section 118: Medical officer issuing false certificate

118. Medical officer issuing false certificate (1) Tout médecin, chirurgien, ou (1) Any medical practitioner, surdentiste qui, dans l’exercice de ses geon or dentist who, in the exercise of fonctions et pour favoriser quel- his functions, for the purpose of proqu’un, certifiera faussement ou dis- curing an advantage to any person, simulera l’existence de maladies ou falsely certifies or falsely conceals infirmités, ou fournira des indications the existence of any disease or inmensongères sur l’origine d’une ma- firmity, or who gives false informaladie ou d’une infirmité ou la cause tion with respect to the cause of d’un décès, sera passible de servitu- such disease or infirmity or with rede pénale n’excédant pas 10 ans. spect to the cause of any death, shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 10 years. [Issue 2] C57 – 32 Revised Laws of Mauritius (2) S’il a été mû par dons ou (2) Where any physician, surpromesses, il sera passible, ainsi que geon or dentist has been induced le corrupteur, de servitude pénale thereunto by any gift or promise, he n’excédant pas 20 ans. and any person who has offered such gift or promise shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 20 years. [S. 118 reprinted by Reprint 2 of 1983; amended by s. 8 (b) of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]