Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “ancillary offence”— (a) in relation to an offence under section 4 (1), means an attempt, a conspiracy or an act of complicity; (b) includes an offence referred to under section 4 (2); “crime against humanity” has the same meaning as in the Statute and in Part I of the Schedule; “forfeiture order” means an order, issued by the International Criminal Court, aimed at recovering the proceeds of an international crime or the value of such proceeds; “genocide” has the same meaning as in the Statute and in Part II of the Schedule; “international crime” means the crime of genocide, a crime against humanity or a war crime, and includes an ancillary offence; “International Criminal Court” means the International Criminal Court established by the Statute; “prisoner” means a person who is in custody within or outside a prison— (a) to serve a sentence; or (b) pending his trial or sentence for an offence; “Statute” means the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted by the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of the International Criminal Court on 17 July 1998 and ratified by Mauritius on 5 March 2002; “surrender” means the delivering up of a person by Mauritius to the International Criminal Court pursuant to the Statute; [Issue 4] I15B – 2 Revised Laws of Mauritius “war crime” has the same meaning as in the Statute and in Part III of the Schedule.