The Ombudsman is vested with the power to investigate any action by such officers or authorities as Government departments, the Police Force and members thereof, the Mauritius Prisons Service, authorities responsible for determining the persons with whom contracts are to be entered into by Government, local authorities and their members in the exercise of their respective administrative functions, where a member of the public claims or appears to the Ombudsman to have sustained injustice in consequence of maladministration in connection with the said action.
Le Médiateur est habilité à enquêter sur tout acte commis par des agents publics ou des autorités − administrations publiques, forces de police et leurs membres, service pénitentiaire mauricien, autorités chargées de sélectionner les personnes admises à conclure des marchés publics, autorités locales et leurs membres dans l &apos; exercice de leurs fonctions administratives respectives, notamment − lorsqu &apos; un particulier affirme ou semble avoir subi un préjudice du fait d &apos; un dysfonctionnement administratif.