Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “Commonwealth citizen” has the same meaning as in the Mauritius Citizenship Act; “convicted person” means a person who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment; “deportation order” means an order requiring the person in respect of whom it is made to leave and remain out of Mauritius; “destitute person” means a person who is, or is likely to be, a charge upon public funds by reason of mental or bodily health or insufficiency of means to support himself and his dependants; “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of defence and internal security is assigned; “person charged” means a person in respect of whom it is alleged that there are grounds for making a deportation order under this Act and includes a person in respect of whom such an order has been made; “prohibited immigrant” means a person who has entered Mauritius in breach of any enactment relating to immigration or who has been transferred to Mauritius under the Piracy and Maritime Violence Act; “undesirable person” means a person who is or has been conducting himself in a manner prejudicial to the peace, defence, public safety, public order, public morality, public health, security or good government of Mauritius. [S. 2 amended by s. 11 (3) of Act 39 of 2011 w.e.f. 1 June 2012.] D6 – 1 [Issue 4] Deportation Act