Section 24: Offences and penalties

24. Offences and penalties (1) A police officer who directly or indirectly accepts or attempts to accept any fee or reward from any person in relation to his duties shall commit an offence. [Issue 2] P13 – 10 Revised Laws of Mauritius (2) Any person licensed to sell liquor, rum or compounded spirits who knowingly allows a police officer on duty to remain on his licensed premises for the purpose of consuming liquor, rum or compounded spirits shall commit an offence. (3) Any person— (a) other than a police officer, who confers upon himself the quality of a police officer, with intent to obtain admission into any place which he is not entitled to enter or to do or procure to be done anything which he is not entitled to do or procure to be done, or for any other unlawful purpose; (b) who fails to comply with a direction of the Director of Public Prosecutions under section 21 (3); or (c) who contravenes or fails to comply with this Act or with any regulations made under this Act, shall commit an offence. (4) Any person who commits an offence under this Act or under any regulation made under this Act for which no specific penalty is provided shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. (5) The licence issued to any person who commits an offence under subsection (2) or (3) (b) shall, in addition, be liable to forfeiture. [S. 24 amended by s. 5 of Act 9 of 2001 w.e.f. 30 June 2001.]