Mauritius
Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (Collection of Licence Fees) Act
Act 56 of 1984
- Commenced on 1 April 1985
- [This is the version of this document at 30 June 2017.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (Collection of Licence Fees) Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act—"Board" means the Central Electricity Board constituted under the Central Electricity Board Act;"Corporation" means the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation established under the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation Act;"Director-General" means the Director-General of the Corporation;"licence fee" means the fee specified in the First Schedule;"Minister" means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subjects of information and broadcasting is assigned.3. Persons liable to pay licence fees
4. Non-domestic licences
5. Liability of domestic consumers
Subject to section 4, every person on whose premises a television set is found shall be deemed to be in possession of the set and required to pay the appropriate licence fee.6. Notification of sale or disposal
Where a dealer in television sets or a person who is in possession of a television set sells or otherwise disposes of any set in his possession he shall, not later than 14 days—7. Search warrant and seizure
8. Production of licence
The Director-General or any person authorised by him in writing on that behalf may require any person whom he believes is in possession of a television set to produce to him the licence or the receipt witnessing payment of the licence fee.9. Offences and penalty
10. Exemption
The Minister may, on good cause shown, exempt from payment of the licence fee any person who makes an application to that effect.11. Regulations
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History of this document
30 June 2017 this version
Consolidation
01 April 1985
Commenced