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The Business Registration Act 2002 (Act No. 40 of 2002, as amended up to Act No. 14 of 2009), Mauritius
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2010
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Published:
December 21, 2002
Passed:
December 16, 2002
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The Business Registration Act 2002 (Act No. 40 of 2002) entered into force on October 1, 2006; except for section 6(4), which entered into force on July 1, 2009 and section 14, which entered into force on January 1, 2010.
This consolidated version of the Business Registration Act 2002 takes into account amendments up to Act No. 14 of 2009, which entered into force on July 30, 2009.
The said amending Act No. 14 of 2009 introduced the following amendments of this consolidated version:
- Amending sections 6 & 9;
- Repealing subsections (7) & (8) of section 8; and
- Amending Part II of 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.
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