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Section 197: Begging with threat

Criminal Code · CHAPTER III: CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE

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197. Begging with threat Tous mendiants, même invalides, Any beggar, even though not qui auront usé de menaces ou seront able-bodied, who uses threats, or entrés sans permission du propriétaire without permission from the owner ou des personnes de sa maison, soit or person living in a house, enters dans une habitation, soit dans un en- either a place of abode, or any enclos en dépendant, ou qui feindront closure belonging to it, or who des plaies ou infirmités, ou qui men- feigns any sore or infirmity, or who dieront en réunion, seront punis begs in a body, shall be punished by d’emprisonnement. imprisonment. [Issue 2] C57 – 50 Revised Laws of Mauritius

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