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Vous Risquerez Jusqu'à Deux Ans de Prison Sans Votre Masque Ou Sans Respect Des Distances

This document outlines regulations made by the Minister under the Public Health Act to prevent a resurgence and spread of COVID-19 in Mauritius. It requires that everyone wear a protective mask in public places and maintain social distancing of at least 1 meter from others. Employers must provide hygiene products and ensure regular cleaning and waste disposal. Anyone violating the mask or distancing rules faces a fine up to 50,000 rupees and up to 2 years imprisonment. The regulations took effect on May 17, 2020.

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Vous Risquerez Jusqu'à Deux Ans de Prison Sans Votre Masque Ou Sans Respect Des Distances

This document outlines regulations made by the Minister under the Public Health Act to prevent a resurgence and spread of COVID-19 in Mauritius. It requires that everyone wear a protective mask in public places and maintain social distancing of at least 1 meter from others. Employers must provide hygiene products and ensure regular cleaning and waste disposal. Anyone violating the mask or distancing rules faces a fine up to 50,000 rupees and up to 2 years imprisonment. The regulations took effect on May 17, 2020.

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LEGAL SUPPLEMENT 305

to the Government Gazette of Mauritius No. 59 of 17 May 2020

Government Notice No. 92 of 2020


THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT
Regulations made by the Minister under section 79A
of the Public Health Act
1. Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Prevention of
Resurgence and Further Spread of Epidemic Disease (COVID-19)
Regulations 2020.
2. Interpretation
In these regulations –
“Act” means the Public Health Act;
“Covid-19” means the virus known as the novel coronavirus
(2019-nCoV).
3. Application of regulations
For the purpose of section 79A of the Act, the sanitary measures
specified in these regulations shall be observed with a view to
preventing a resurgence and further spread of Covid-19.
4. Wearing of protective mask
(1) Every person shall, in any place, other than in his ordinary
place of residence –
(a) wear a protective mask over his nose and mouth;
(b) ensure that every child aged 5 and above in his
company, wears a protective mask over the child’s
nose and mouth.
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(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply –


(a) when a person travels alone in a private vehicle or
where the driver and every other passenger in the
private vehicle ordinarily lives with the individual in
the same place of residence;
(b) when lawfully directed by another person to remove
the protective mask in order to ascertain the identity
of the person or child;
(c) when carrying out, in the course of his employment,
an activity that requires that no protective mask may
be worn, or that it shall be removed in order that
other equipment may be worn or used, to carry out
that activity.
5. Social and physical distancing rules
(1) Every person shall in any place, other than in his ordinary
place of residence, strictly observe the social and physical distancing
rules specified in this regulation.
(2) Every person shall, at all times, keep a distance of at least
one metre from any other person, except where the person is in
company of child under the age of 12.
(3) No person shall, without reasonable excuse –
(a) sit on a seat that is not fixed to the floor and that is less
than one metre away from another seated person in a
public place;
(b) sit on a fixed seat in a public place which is demarcated
as not to be occupied; or
(c) stand in a queue less than one metre away from any
other person in the queue in a public place.
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(4) Every employer shall ensure that appropriate measures


are in place to implement the social and physical distancing rules
specified in this regulation.
6. Good hygiene practices
Every person shall, whether in his ordinary place of residence,
in a public place, at his workplace and any other premises, ensure
that he disinfects his hands regularly using an alcohol-based hand
sanitiser, where same is available.
7. Hygiene products, cleaning and waste disposal
(1) At any place of work, every employer shall –
(a) provide to his employees –
(i) hygiene products; and
(ii) rubbish bins for the disposal of waste;
(b) ensure that waste is regularly disposed of; and
(c) ensure that the place of work, including used surfaces
such as benchtops, desks and doorknobs, is regularly
cleaned and disinfected.
(2) In this regulation –
“hygiene products” includes soap, hand sanitisers and
tissue paper.
8. Any person who breaches regulation 4 or 5 shall commit an
offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding
50,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.
9. These regulations shall come into operation on 17 May 2020.

Made by the Minister on 17 May 2020.

By  Authority:  Government  Printing  Department,  La Tour  Koenig 59/05/2020 – 1058

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