Mauritius

Criminal Code

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

Keywords

Fair trial standards
Rights during investigation - arbitrary arrest or detention and deprivation of liberty



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