Section 62: Pursuit beyond the maritime zones
consolidated text (as at 2015, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
62. Pursuit beyond the maritime zones
(1) A fishery control officer may, without a warrant, following hot pursuit
in accordance with international law as reflected in article 111 of the United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea—
(a) stop, board and search outside the maritime zones, any foreign
fishing boat or foreign fishing vessel which he has reason to believe has been used in the commission of an offence under this
Act and bring such boat or vessel and all persons and things on
board to any place, port or harbour in Mauritius;
(b) exercise beyond the maritime zones all the powers conferred to
a fishery control officer under this Act.
(2) The powers conferred upon a fishery control officer under this Act
shall cease when the foreign fishing boat or vessel enters the territorial sea
of another State.