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MUS-2012-L-92128
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Title_of_text
Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act 2012 (No. 19 of 2012).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Mauritius
Subjects (Classification)
Human rights
Adopted on (Date of text)
2012-08-03
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The amendments concern the establishment of a Commission comprised of three divisions: a Human Rights Division; a Police Complaints Division; and a National Preventive Mechanism Division. The Chairperson and members are to be appointed by the President acting on the advice of the Prime Minister. It sets out the functions of the Commission and its composition.
1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Section 2 of principal Act amended
4. Section 3 of principal Act repealed and replaced
5. Section 3A of principal Act repealed and replaced
6. Section 4 of principal Act amended
7. Section 5 of principal Act amended
8. Section 6 of principal Act amended
9. Sections 7, 8 and 9 of principal Act amended
10. Section 10 of principal Act amended
11. Section 11 of principal Act amended
12. Section 13 of principal Act repealed and replaced
13. Section 15 of principal Act amended
14. Schedule to principal Act repealed and replaced
15. Commencement
SCHEDULE
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1998-12-18 (MUS-1998-L-69100)
Protection of Human Rights Act 1998 (No. 19 of 1998).
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2012-08-03 (MUS-2012-L-92129)
Police Complaints Act 2012 (No. 20 of 2012).
Related text(s)
2012-08-03 (MUS-2012-L-92130)
National Preventive Mechanism Act 2012 (No. 21 of 2012).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
The Supreme Court of Mauritius
URL
http://supremecourt.govmu.org/
File
MUS92128.pdf (PDF)