Section 24: Transit consignment
consolidated text (as at 2017, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
24. Transit consignment
(1) Subject to subsection (2), where a consignment is in transit, no phytosanitary certificate or re-export phytosanitary certificate shall be required.
(2) Where an officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the consignment in transit may have been exposed to pest infestation, the officer may
take such measures as may be appropriate and issue a phytosanitary certificate.
(3) For the purpose of this section, a consignment is deemed to be in
transit where a consignment which is not imported in Mauritius passes
through Mauritius for another country, subject to such measures as may be
prescribed under this Act, to ensure that the consignment remains enclosed,
is not split up, is not combined with another consignment or has its packing
changed.