Section 55: Controlled delivery
consolidated text (as at 2013, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
55. Controlled delivery
(1) A police officer not below the rank of Superintendent of Police may
authorise the passage or entry into Mauritius of any consignment of dangerous drugs suspected of being dispatched with a view to the commission of
an offence under this Act, for the purpose of identifying the persons involved
in the commission of such an offence.
(2) The police officer may, if he thinks fit, cause the consignment to be
lawfully intercepted and allowed to proceed upon its way either intact or after seizure of the dangerous drugs contained therein and may also direct
their replacement by substances other than dangerous drugs.
(3) The exercise of any of the powers contained in this section shall afford no defence to any person charged with an offence under section 30 or
with conspiracy to commit any such offence.
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Questions this section answers
- Can the police let a drug consignment enter Mauritius to catch the people behind it?