Section 197: Begging with threat
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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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- Is begging punished more severely if I use threats, enter someone's home, or beg with others?