Section 57: Plotting with foreign power

57. Plotting with foreign power (1) Quiconque aura pratiqué des (1) Any person who devises any machinations ou entretenu des intel- plot or keeps up intelligence with ligences avec les puissances étran- any foreign power or the agent of a gères ou leur agents, pour les enga- foreign power in order to move or ger à commettre des hostilités ou à stir it up to commit hostilities or levy entreprendre la guerre contre l’Etat, ou war against the State, or to procure pour leur en procurer les moyens, for it the means of so doing, shall be punished by— (a) penal servitude for life or, where the Court is satisfied that compelling reasons exist which justify the imposition of a lesser sentence and has specified the reasons on the record of the proceedings, for a term not exceeding 60 years; and (b) forfeiture of property. (2) Cette disposition aura lieu (2) The like punishment shall be dans le cas même où les dites applied even though such plot or [Issue 2] C57 – 12 Revised Laws of Mauritius machinations ou intelligences intelligence has not been followed by n’auraient pas été suivies hostilities. d’hostilités. [S. 57 amended by Act 42 of 1993; Act 31 of 1995; s. 3 (e) of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]