Section 15: Diversion certificates

15. Diversion certificates (1) The Permanent Secretary may, upon production to him of a valid import authorisation issued by an Authority in the country to which it is proposed to divert a dangerous drug, issue a diversion certificate in respect of a dangerous drug in transit. (2) A diversion certificate shall be in duplicate and— (a) one copy shall accompany the dangerous drug when it is sent from Mauritius; and (b) the other copy shall be forwarded by the Permanent Secretary to the Authority in the country to which the consignment has been diverted. (3) On the issue of a diversion certificate, any person holding the export authorisation or diversion certificate accompanying the dangerous drug on its [Issue 1] D2 – 10 Revised Laws of Mauritius arrival in Mauritius shall remit it to the Permanent Secretary who shall return it to the Authority issuing it, together with notice of the name of the country to which the consignment has been diverted. (4) No person shall, except under the authority of a diversion certificate, cause or procure any dangerous drug lawfully brought in transit to be diverted to any destination other than that to which it was originally consigned.