National penalties - life imprisonment

Mauritius

Mauritius - Criminal Code 1983 (2006) EN

BOOK I — PENALTIES

11 Penal servitude

(1) The punishment of penal servitude is imposed for life or for a minimum term of years.

BOOK III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS

TITLE I — OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE

CHAPTER I — OFFENCES OF A PUBLIC NATURE

51 Stirring up war against the State

Any person who stirs up war against the State shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be sentenced to penal servitude for life.

Rome Statute

Article 77 Applicable penalties

1. Subject to article 110, the Court may impose one of the following penalties on a person convicted of a crime referred to in article 5 of this Statute:

(a) Imprisonment for a specified number of years, which may not exceed a maximum of 30 years; or

(b) A term of life imprisonment when justified by the extreme gravity of the crime and the individual circumstances of the convicted person.