Spent convictions in Mauritius: Analysing the Police and Criminal Evidence Bill, 2013

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dc.contributor.authorMujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-29T14:11:53Z
dc.date.available2016-06-29T14:11:53Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractFor many years courts in Mauritius have considered a conviction that was at least 10 years old to be spent for the purpose of sentencing. However, in 2002 the Mauritian Supreme Court held that there was no concept of spent convictions in Mauritian law and that disregarding convictions of 10 years or over old was a mere practice. The Supreme Court has not developed clear guidelines for considering or disregarding such convictions for the purpose of sentencing. In 2013 a Bill was gazetted, inter alia, to introduce the concept of spent convictions in Mauritius. This article highlights the Mauritian case law on spent convictions and the relevant clause of the Bill. The author relies on legislation from, inter alia, South Africa, Australia, Seychelles and Jamaica to suggest how the Mauritian law on spent convictions could be improved.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMujuzi, J. (2015). Spent convictions in Mauritius: Analysing the Police and Criminal Evidence Bill, 2013. South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 28(2): 2842-326en_US
dc.identifier.issn1011-8527
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2344
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherJuta Lawen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1011-8527/
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectMauritiusen_US
dc.subjectMauritian Supreme Courten_US
dc.subjectSentencingen_US
dc.subjectMauritian Criminal Procedure Act (cap 169 of 1853)en_US
dc.titleSpent convictions in Mauritius: Analysing the Police and Criminal Evidence Bill, 2013en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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