Section 4: Offences related to nuclear material

4. Offences related to nuclear material (1) Any person who imports or causes to be imported, or exports or causes to be exported, nuclear material, without obtaining assurances that such nuclear material will be protected at all times— (a) during international nuclear transport; or P28A – 1 [Issue 2] Prevention of Terrorism (International Obligations) Act (b) during transportation from one part of Mauritian territory to another part of Mauritius through international waters or airspace, shall, without prejudice to the application of any other enactment relating to nuclear material, commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to penal servitude for a term of not less than 5 years nor more than 35 years. (2) Every person who knowingly— (a) does an act without lawful authority which constitutes the receipt, possession, use, transfer, alteration, or disposal of nuclear material and which causes or is likely to cause death or serious injury to any person or substantial damage to property; (b) commits a theft or robbery of nuclear material; (c) embezzles or fraudulently obtains nuclear material; (d) makes a demand for nuclear material by threat or use of force or by any form of intimidation; (e) threatens to use nuclear material to cause death or serious injury to any person or damage to substantial property; or (f) threatens to commit an offence described in paragraph (e) in order to compel a natural or legal person, international organisation or the State of Mauritius to do or to refrain from doing any act, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to penal servitude for a term of not less than 5 years nor more than 35 years.