Section 2: To safely keep him/her* in your custody in default of such recognisance/for
consolidated text (as at 2011, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
2. To safely keep him/her* in your custody in default of such recognisance/for
want of such sureties* to give evidence as aforesaid in the trial of the said Accused
and have him/her* in Court to give evidence accordingly;
And for so doing, this shall be your sufficient warrant.
Given under my hand on ............................ (Date)
..........................................................
District Magistrate
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FORM F
[Sections 61]
USUAL FORM OF RECOGNISANCE FOR THE APPEARANCE OF THE PARTY
CHARGED TO STAND HIS TRIAL
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF .........................................................................
............................................ (Name of Person Charged) ............. (Occupation),
of ........................................................................................... (Address) in the
District of .................................................................................., acknowledges
himself/herself* to be indebted to the State in the sum of ............. rupees;
Upon condition that if he/she* personally appears at the next sitting of the Supreme Court at which his/her* trial may be set down, in order to answer any such
criminal information as may be exhibited against him/her* and does not depart the
Court without leave, then this recognisance shall be void, otherwise it shall remain in
full force.
..........................................................
Signature of party bound
Taken before me, having been first carefully read by (or read over to*) the said.....
before he/she* subscribed the same, on ........................................ (Date)
..........................................................
District Magistrate
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District and Intermediate Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act
FORM G
[Sections 57
FINAL COMMITMENT OF PRISONER FOR TRIAL
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF .........................................................................
To ...................... (Commissioner of Police) and to the Commissioner of Prisons.
Whereas .................... (Name) ...... (Occupation), .........................................
of ............................................................................................. (Address) is
now brought before me, Magistrate in and for the said District, having been charged
with the offence of .....................................................................
And whereas from the evidence adduced I am of opinion that such evidence is
sufficient to put him/her* on his/her* trial, or that the evidence raises a strong or
probable presumption of his/her* guilt.
And whereas the said offence is not within my jurisdiction, I have committed the
said ....................................................... to stand trial before the Supreme Court
under section ........................... of ..................................................................
YOU ........................................................... (Name and rank of Police Officer)
are hereby required, in the State’s name, to convey the said .................................
to the Commissioner of Prisons; and
YOU, the Commissioner of Prisons, are hereby required to receive the said ..........
in your custody, and safely keep him/her* there until he/she* delivered from your
custody by due course of law.
And for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant.
Given under my hand and seal of the Court of ....................
................ (Name and rank of Police Officer)
are hereby required, in the State’s name, to convey the said .................................
to the Commissioner of Prisons; and
YOU, the Commissioner of Prisons, are hereby required to receive the said ..........
in your custody, and safely keep him/her* there until he/she* delivered from your
custody by due course of law.
And for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant.
Given under my hand and seal of the Court of ..................... on ............ (Date)
..........................................................
District Magistrate
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FORM H
[Section 77]
CONVICTION
This is to certify that—
On ....................................... (Date) In the Intermediate Court/District Court
of ...........................................*, .......................... (Name of Convicted Person),
...............................................(Occupation) of ....... (Address) was CONVICTED
before me ..........................................................., Magistrate of the Intermediate
Court/District Court of ......................................... having on .... at .................
(Date, place and nature of offence); and I ORDER him/her* for the said offence to be
imprisoned for a term of ....................................... and to pay the sum of ..........
as costs; and IF the said costs are not paid forthwith (or on or before ..................),
then I order him/her* to be imprisoned for a term of ........................ to commence
at .................................. and from the termination of his/her* imprisonment
aforesaid, unless the said costs are paid by then.
Given under my hand and seal, at ......................................, on ............
..........................................................
Magistrate
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FORM I
[Section 76]
CERTIFICATE OF DISMISSAL
IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT/DISTRICT COURT OF .................................... *
I hereby certify that on an information preferred by ............................. (Name of
Informant/Complainant) against ............................. (Name of Person Charged) for
the offence of ....................................................., the trial was on ..................
Concluded by me, ............................................... Magistrate of the Intermediate
Court/District Court of ......................................... * and the information was
dismissed by me (with costs).
Dated this ........................................ day of ............................... 20..............
..........................................................
Magistrate
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FORM J
[Section 79]
COMMITMENT WHERE PUNISHMENT IS BY IMPRISONMENT OR
PENAL SERVITUDE
IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT/DISTRICT COURT OF .................................... *
To ...................... (Commissioner of Police) and to the Commissioner of Prisons.
Whereas on the ........................................of .................................20..............
before me ............................... Magistrate of the Intermediate Court/District Court
of ...............................................*, “the Convicted Person” was convicted of the
offence of ..............in breach of .....................................................................
and was sentenced to penal servitude/imprisonment* for a term of ........................
s.
Whereas on the ........................................of .................................20..............
before me ............................... Magistrate of the Intermediate Court/District Court
of ...............................................*, “the Convicted Person” was convicted of the
offence of ..............in breach of .....................................................................
and was sentenced to penal servitude/imprisonment* for a term of ........................
for the said offence and to pay the sum of .......................... as costs of the case.
In the State’s name I now ORDER—
YOU .............................. (Commissioner of Police) to take the Convicted Person
and to convey and deliver him/her* to the Commissioner of Prisons together with his
precept; and
YOU, Commissioner of Prisons, to receive the Convicted Person into your custody,
and to detain him/her* for the term of ................. and further to imprison him/her*
in respect of the costs for ................. days, unless such costs shall be sooner paid.
AND, for so doing, this shall be your sufficient warrant.
Given under my hand and seal, on ........................................................ (Date)
..........................................................
Magistrate
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FORM K
[Section 88(1)]
WARRANT OF COMMITMENT IN DEFAULT OF PAYMENT OF FINE AND COSTS
IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT/DISTRICT COURT OF .................................... *
To the Commissioner of Police and to the Commissioner of Prisons.
WHEREAS on the .............................. day of ................................20..............
(Name, Occupation and Address of Convicted Person) was duly convicted before me,
Magistrate of .......................................................... (Court), of the offence(s) of
................................................................... and was sentenced by me to pay—
a fine of ................................... rupees (In respect of Court .........................)
a fine of ................................... rupees (In respect of Court .........................)
And further to pay the sum of ..... rupees as COSTS.
Or in default thereof, to be imprisoned for the periods following, respectively,
unless the said sums be sooner paid name—
In respect of the fine of .............. rupees, imprisonment during ................ days
In respect of the fine of .............. rupees, imprisonment during ................ days
In respect of the costs of ............ rupees, imprisonment during ................. day.
WHEREAS the said .................... has not paid the aforesaid fine(s) and costs.
In the State’s name I hereby ORDER—
YOU ........................................ (Commissioner of Police) to apprehend the said
Convicted Person and to convey and deliver him/her* in the custody of the Commissioner of Prisons; and
YOU, Commissioner of Prisons, to receive the said Convicted Person in your custody and to detain him/her* for the aforesaid periods consecutively/concurrently*,
unless the said sums be sooner paid or until delivery from your custody by due
course of law;
AND for so doing, this shall be your sufficient warrant.
Given under my hand and seal, on ........................................................ (Date)
..........................................................
Magistrate
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sioner of Prisons, to receive the said Convicted Person in your custody and to detain him/her* for the aforesaid periods consecutively/concurrently*,
unless the said sums be sooner paid or until delivery from your custody by due
course of law;
AND for so doing, this shall be your sufficient warrant.
Given under my hand and seal, on ........................................................ (Date)
..........................................................
Magistrate
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Revised Laws of Mauritius
FORM L
[Section 88 (4)]
WARRANT OF ARREST IN DEFAULT OF PAYMENT OF FINE AND COSTS
IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT/DISTRICT COURT OF .................................... *
To the Commissioner of Police
WHEREAS on the .............................. day of ................................20..............
(Name, Occupation and Address of Convicted Person) was convicted before me,
Magistrate of .......................................................... (Court), of the offence(s) of
................................................................... and was sentenced by me to pay—
a fine of ................................... rupees (In respect of Court .........................)
a fine of ................................... rupees (In respect of Court .........................)
And further to pay the sum of ..... rupees as COSTS
Or in default thereof, to be imprisoned for the periods following, respectively,
unless the said sums be sooner paid namely—
In respect of the fine of .............. rupees, imprisonment during ................ days
In respect of the fine of .............. rupees, imprisonment during ................ days
In respect of the costs of ............ rupees, imprisonment during ................. day.
And whereas on the ................... (Date), I did grant to the said Convicted Person, a period of ............................ days for the payment by him of the said sums,
for which payment or the surrender of himself within the said time, the said Convicted Person furnished security and was sent at liberty.
And whereas the said time has expired and the sums have not been paid by the
said Convicted Person, nor has the said Convicted Person surrendered himself/herself*.
In the State’s name I hereby ORDER you on sight of the Convicted Person to apprehend him/her* and to bring him/her* before me for committal to prison.
Given under my hand and seal, on ........................................................ (Date)
..........................................................
Magistrate
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FORM M
[Section 80]
COMMITMENT WHERE PUNISHMENT IS IMPRISONMENT OR PENAL
SERVITUDE IN THE FIRST INSTANCE TOGETHER WITH IMPRISONMENT
IN DEFAULT OF PAYMENT OF FINE AND COSTS
IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT/DISTRICT COURT OF .................................... *
To the Commissioner of Police, and to the Commissioner of Prisons.
Whereas on ...................................... (Date)
Before the Intermediate Court/District Court of .................................................*,
..................................................... (Name of Convicted Person) was convicted of
the offence of ............................................................................... in breach of
.................................. and sentenced to imprisonment/penal servitude* for a term
of ..................................................................................................................
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ct Court of .................................................*,
..................................................... (Name of Convicted Person) was convicted of
the offence of ............................................................................... in breach of
.................................. and sentenced to imprisonment/penal servitude* for a term
of ..................................................................................................................
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FORM M—continued
And whereas the said Convicted Person was further ordered by the Court to pay,
in respect of that offence, a fine of ......rupees, and further to pay the sum of ........
rupees as costs, or in default thereof, to be further imprisoned for the periods following, respectively and consecutively unless the said sums be sooner paid, namely—
In respect of the fine of .............. rupees, imprisonment during ................ days
In respect of the costs of ............ rupees, imprisonment during ................ days
And whereas the said Convicted Person has not paid the aforesaid fine and costs;
In the State’s name, I hereby ORDER—
YOU, Commissioner of Police, to apprehend the said Convicted Person and to convey him/her* to prison and to deliver him/her* there to the Commissioner of Prisons;
and
YOU, Commissioner of Prisons, to receive the said Convicted Person in your custody, and to detain him/her* there for a period of ..............................; and further
at the expiry of such imprisonment or term of penal servitude, to imprison him/her*
in respect of the fine for ................ days, and then in respect of the costs for ......
days, unless the said sums be sooner paid or until delivery from your custody by due
course of law.
And for so doing, this shall be your sufficient warrant.
Given under my hand and seal, on ........................................................ (Date)
..........................................................
Magistrate
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