(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 -