Section 47: Offences

47. Offences (1) Any person who contravenes this Act shall commit an offence. (2) Any person who commits an offence shall, on conviction— (a) where the offence relates to importing, exporting, re-exporting or introducing from the sea any prescribed wildlife without a valid permit or certificate or a species of wildlife as may be prescribed, be liable to a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years; (b) where the offence relates to having in one’s possession, or offering or exposing for sale or displaying to the public, without reasonable excuse, any prescribed species, be liable to a fine not exceeding 50,000 rupees and imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years; [Issue 8] N30A – 26 Revised Laws of Mauritius (c) in any other case, be liable to a fine not exceeding 25,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. (3) The Court shall, in addition to the penalty provided for in subsection (2), order that any wildlife in respect of which the offence was committed and any animal used in the commission of an offence be forfeited.