Section 26: Acts of sexual harassment

26. Acts of sexual harassment (1) No employer, or agent of an employer, shall sexually harass an employee or a person seeking employment from the employer. (2) No job contractor or principal shall sexually harass a contract worker. (3) No employee shall sexually harass a fellow employee or a person seeking employment from his employer. (4) No agent of an employment agency shall sexually harass a person in the course of providing, or offering to provide, any of the agency’s services to that person. (5) No person referred to in section 15, or his employee, shall sexually harass another person in relation to the conferment, renewal, extension, revocation or withdrawal of an authorisation or qualification referred to in that section. (6) (a) No member of the staff of an educational institution shall sexually harass a student at the institution or a person who is seeking admission as a student. (b) No student at an educational institution shall sexually harass another student or a member of the staff. (7) No person referred to in section 18 shall sexually harass another person in the course of providing or offering to provide goods, services or facilities to the other person. (8) No person referred to in section 19 shall sexually harass another person in the course of providing, or offering to provide, accommodation to the other person. (9) No person shall sexually harass another person in the course of dealing with the other person in connection with— (a) disposing, or offering to dispose of, any immovable property to the other person; or (b) acquiring, or offering to acquire, any immovable property from the other person. (10) No officer or member of a company, partnership, société, registered association or club shall sexually harass a member or other member, as the case may be, or a person seeking to become a member. (11) Any person who contravenes this section shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years. [S. 26 amended by s. 5 of Act 31 of 2011 w.e.f. 31 December 2011.] [Issue 4] E13A – 18 Revised Laws of Mauritius PART VI – EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION [Heading amended by s. 6 of Act 31 of 2011 w.e.f. 31 December 2011.]