Section 254: Sexual harassment

254. Sexual harassment (1) Toute personne qui, en abu- (1) Any person who, by abuse of sant de l’autorité que lui confère ses the authority conferred upon him by fonctions, harcèle une autre person- his functions, harasses another perne en usant d’ordres, de menaces ou son by means of orders, threats or de contraintes, dans le but d’obtenir constraints in order to obtain favours des faveurs de nature sexuelle, sera of a sexual nature, shall commit an punie d’une peine d’emprisonnement offence and shall, on conviction, be qui n’excèdera pas 10 ans et d’une liable to imprisonment for a term not amende qui n’excèdera pas 200,000 exceeding 10 years and to a fine not roupies. exceeding 200,000 rupees. (2) (a) Notwithstanding section 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, where it is averred that the victim of the sexual harassment is a minor or a mentally handicapped person, the person charged under subsection (1) shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not less than one year and to a fine not exceeding 200,000 rupees. [Issue 2] C57 – 68 Revised Laws of Mauritius (b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a). [S. 254 added by Act 13 of 1998; amended by s. 8 of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.] 255. – 256. —