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Business Registration Act 2002 (Act No. 40 of 2002, as amended up to Regulation No. 231 of 2012), Mauritius
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Year of Version
2013
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Amended up to:
January 1, 2013
Published:
December 21, 2002
Assented:
December 16, 2002
Type of Text
IP-related Laws
Subject Matter
Trade Names,
Other
Notes
This consolidated version of the Business Registration Act 2002 (Act No. 40 of 2002) takes into account amendments up to Regulation No. 231 of 2012 (also called GN No. 231 of 2012), which entered into force on January 1, 2013.
The said amending Regulation No. 231 of 2012 introduced amendments to Part II, relating to fees under the Second Schedule.
Subsection (2) under section 10 of this consolidated version of the Business Registration Act 2002 provides that the registration of a business name under this Act shall not be construed as authorizing the use of that name where, apart from the registration in the Registrar of Businesses, the use thereof is prohibited under any other enactment.
Section 22 of the consolidated Act amended section 2 of the Business and Trade Names (Prohibition) Act, which was repealed in this consolidated version.
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