(e) The Prevention of Terrorism Act was amended in 2016 to provide for the reinforcement of the legal framework against terrorism, and for related matters. Section 15 of the Constitution establishing the right to Freedom of Movement, was amended in 2016, to provide for the imposition of restrictions on the movement within Mauritius or on the right of any person to leave Mauritius pursuant to an order of a Court or a Judge of the Supreme Court under such law, being a law relating to offences or acts of terrorism. (f) The Reform Institutions Act was amended in 2018 to, inter alia a. do away with the system of automatic remission whereby convicted persons were eligible to be discharged after having served two thirds of the period of sentence and to replace it with a new system of earned remission with a view to encouraging convicted persons to earn maximum remission not exceeding one third of the period of sentence where, during their term of imprisonment, they are of good conduct by not committing any prison default; b. toughen the law against officers of the Mauritius Prisons Service, detainees and persons working in reform institutions who are convicted under the Act; and c. provide that where, during his term of imprisonment, a detainee commits an offence under the Act, that detainee shall, on conviction for that offence, be ordered to serve immediately after the expiry of the sentence for which he was detained, any sentence imposed upon him by the Court. (g) Officers of the Police Force have been granted the right to unionise, with the possibility of improving further their conditions of employment, with the enactment of the Police (Membership of Trade Union) Act in 2016. Amendments were further brought to the Employment Relations Act to provide that a Police Officer may be a member of any trade union or association of employees, having for its objects the control or influence of the pay, pensions, or conditions of service of police officers. As at December 2017 four (4) trade unions grouping officers of the Police Force have been created and registered with the registrar of Association; (h) The National Wage Consultative Council Act was passed by the National Assembly in 2016 and provides for the establishment of the National Wage Consultative Council, which, in the discharge of its functions shall be mainly responsible to make recommendations to Government regarding the introduction of a national minimum wage in the private and public sectors; (i) The National Minimum Wage Regulations 2017 was enacted and the National Minimum Wage is a reality in Mauritius. Government introduced this historic measure 22

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