Section 13: Proof of communication with agents of foreign states

13. Proof of communication with agents of foreign states (1) Where proceedings are instituted against any person for an offence under section 3 (1) (c), the fact that he has communicated or attempted to communicate with an agent of a foreign State, whether within or outside Mauritius, shall be evidence that person has, for a purpose likely to prejudice the safety or interests of Mauritius, obtained or received information which is calculated or intended to be, or might be, directly or indirectly, of use to a foreign State. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) and without prejudice to the generality of that subsection, a person shall be deemed to have communicated or attempted to communicate with an agent of a foreign State if, within or outside Mauritius— (a) he has consorted or associated with, or visited the address of, an agent of a foreign State; or (b) he has obtained or been supplied with or has been found in possession of the name or address of, or any other information relating to, an agent of a foreign State. (3) Any address, whether within or outside Mauritius, at which an agent of a foreign State resides or carries on business or to which he resorts for the purpose of giving or receiving any communication, or which is used for the receipt or despatch of any communication intended for an agent of a foreign State, shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be the address of an agent of a foreign State and any communication sent to that address to be a communication with the agent.