Section 43: Exemption and mitigation of penalties

43. Exemption and mitigation of penalties (1) Any person who has been convicted of a conspiracy to commit any of the offences under section 29 (2), 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 or 39 shall be exempted from penalty and absolutely discharged if, having revealed the conspiracy to the police or to a Court, he has made it possible to prevent the commission of the offence and to identify the other persons involved in the conspiracy. [Issue 2] D2 – 24 Revised Laws of Mauritius (2) Notwithstanding section 41, the penalty incurred by any person convicted of an offence under that section shall be reduced in such manner as the Court thinks just where that person has, before any proceedings, made possible or facilitated the identification of the other guilty persons, or who, after the commencement of proceedings, has made possible or facilitated the arrest of such persons. [S. 43 amended by s. 13 of Act 30 of 2008 w.e.f. 20 February 2009.]