Section 172: Harbouring criminal
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172. Harbouring criminal
(1) Ceux qui auront recelé ou fait (1) Any person who harbours, or
receler des personnes qu’ils savaient causes to be harboured, any person
avoir commis des crimes, avoir été whom he knew to have committed a
condamnés pour ces mêmes crimes crime, or to have been condemned
ou qu’ils savaient être sous le coup for such crime, or against whom he
d’un mandat de dépôt ou d’arrêt, knew that a warrant of arrest or imseront punis d’emprisonnement. prisonment had been issued, shall be
punished by imprisonment.
(2) Sont exceptés de la présente (2) Relations in the direct line of
disposition les ascendants ou des- ascent or descent, and the husband
cendants, époux ou épouse, frères or wife, brother or sister of the ofou soeurs des criminels recelés. fenders so harboured are excepted
from subsection (1).
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Revised Laws of Mauritius
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Questions this section answers
- What is the penalty for hiding someone I know has committed a crime or has a warrant against them?
- Am I excused from the harbouring offence if the person I sheltered is my spouse, parent, child or sibling?