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(e) may be revoked at any time by the President, or by resolution of the Assembly: Provided that no resolution for the purposes of paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) shall be passed unless it is supported by the votes of at least two-thirds of all the members of the Assembly. (3) (4) Where a person is detained by virtue of any such law as is referred to in subsection (1) (not being a person who is detained because he is a person who, not being a citizen of Mauritius, is a citizen of a country with which Mauritius is at war, or has been engaged in hostilities against Mauritius in association with or on behalf of such a country or otherwise assisting or adhering to such a country) (a) he shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable and in any case not more than 7 days after the commencement of his detention, be furnished with a statement, in writing in a language that he understands, specifying in detail the, grounds upon which he is detained; (b) not more than 14 days after the commencement of his detention, a notification shall be published in the Gazette stating that he has been detained and giving particulars of the provision of law under which his detention is authorised; (c) not more than one month after the commencement of his detention and thereafter during his detention at intervals of not more than 6 months, his case-shall be reviewed by an independent and impartial tribunal consisting of a chairman and 2 other members appointed by the judicial and Legal Service, Commission, the chairman being appointed from among persons who are entitled to practise as a barrister or as an attorney in Mauritius; (d) he shall be afforded reasonable facilities to consult a legal representative of his own choice who shall be permitted to make representations to the tribunal appointed for the review of the case of the detained person; and (e) at the hearing of his case by the tribunal appointed for the review of his case, he shall be permitted; to appear in person or by a legal representative of his own choice. On any review by a tribunal in pursuance of this section of the case of a detained person, the tribunal may make recommendations concerning the necessity or expediency of continuing his detention to the authority by which it was ordered but, unless it is otherwise provided by law, that authority shall not be obliged to act in' accordance with any such recommendations. Amended by [Act No. 48 of 1991] 19. Interpretation and savings (1) In this Chapter -

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