'Rights during investigation - arbitrary arrest or detention and deprivation of liberty' in document 'Mauritius - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS

TITLE I — OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE

CHAPTER II — OFFENCES BY PUBLIC OFFICERS

80 Arbitrary detention by public officer

Any gaoler or keeper of a gaol, prison or house of correction, who —

(a) receives a prisoner without warrant or sentence, or who refuses, upon demand, to deliver to the prisoner a copy of the order under which the prisoner was delivered over to him ;
(b) detains or refuses to produce the prisoner to any judicial or police officer entitled to demand the appearance of the prisoner, without proving a prohibition from the Director of Public Prosecutions ;
(c) refuses to exhibit his register to any judicial or police officer,
shall be guilty of arbitrary detention and be liable to imprisonment or to a fine not exceeding 2,000 rupees

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 55
Rights of persons during an investigation
1. In respect of an investigation under this Statute, a person:
(d) Shall not be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention, and shall not be deprived of his or her liberty except on such grounds and in accordance with such procedures as are established in this Statute