Deadlines in Mauritius, from the words of the Act
Appeal, tenancy, prescription and tax time limits in Mauritius, each quoted from the Act that sets it, with its forum and the day the count starts. Repealed rules are marked.
Fixed periods
Appeal to the Court of Civil Appeal: serve notice and lodge the appeal
Any person wishing to appeal under this Act to the Court of Civil Appeal shall serve notice of appeal on the other party to the case and lodge his appeal in the Registry within 21 days from the date of the judgment or an order appealed from.
Repealed: Civil Appeal Act 2025 (Act 21 of 2025), s. 28(1), with effect from 5 January 2026 (replaced by civil_appeal_2025_s6_1_notice_cca)
Appellant's skeleton arguments before the Court of Civil Appeal
Every appellant shall, not less than 45 days before the date of the hearing of the appeal, serve on the other parties to the appeal and lodge in the Registry, in such form and manner as may be prescribed by rules of Court, skeleton arguments and submissions on the grounds of appeal.
Repealed: Civil Appeal Act 2025 (Act 21 of 2025), s. 28(1), with effect from 5 January 2026 (replaced by civil_appeal_2025_s18_1_appellant_skeletons)
Renewed ex parte application to the Court of Civil Appeal after refusal by a Judge
Where an ex parte application has been refused by the Judge, an application for a similar purpose may be made to the Court of Civil Appeal ex parte within 10 days from the date of the refusal or within such enlarged time as the Judge or the Court of Civil Appeal may allow.
Repealed: Civil Appeal Act 2025 (Act 21 of 2025), s. 28(1), with effect from 5 January 2026 (replaced by civil_appeal_2025_s7_3_leave_renewal_cca)
Appeal to the Supreme Court in its appellate civil jurisdiction: written notice of appeal to the Clerk
A person who intends to appeal to the Supreme Court shall, not later than 21 days after the date of the final decision of the subordinate court, give written notice of appeal to the Clerk.
Supreme Court appeal: lodge the appeal and serve the notice
An appellant shall, not later than 14 days after giving notice of appeal under subsection (1), lodge the appeal in the Registry of the Supreme Court and pay the costs and fees necessary for drawing up the record of the appeal; and, after lodging the appeal, serve the notice of appeal on the respondent and any other party to the appeal, and file return of service in the Registry of the Supreme Court.
Notice of intention to resist an appeal before the Supreme Court
Every person who is served with a notice of appeal and who intends to resist the appeal before the Supreme Court shall, not later than 28 days after the date of service of the notice of appeal, serve on the appellant and file in the Registry of the Supreme Court a notice of his intention to resist the appeal.
Appellant's skeleton arguments and submissions
Every appellant shall, not less than 30 days before the date of the hearing of the appeal, serve on the other parties to the appeal and lodge in the Registry of the Supreme Court skeleton arguments and submissions on the grounds of appeal.
Other party's skeleton arguments and submissions
Every other party to the appeal shall, not less than 15 days before the date of the hearing of the appeal, serve on the other parties to the appeal and lodge in the Registry of the Supreme Court skeleton arguments and submissions on the grounds of appeal.
Appeal to the Court of Civil Appeal: written notice of appeal to the Master and Registrar
A person who intends to appeal to the Court of Civil Appeal shall, not later than 21 days after the date of the final decision of the Supreme Court, give written notice of appeal to the Master and Registrar.
Court of Civil Appeal: lodge the appeal and serve the notice
An appellant shall, not later than 14 days after giving notice of appeal under subsection (1), lodge the appeal in the Registry of the Supreme Court and pay the costs and fees necessary for drawing up the record of the appeal; and, after lodging the appeal, serve the notice of appeal on the respondent and any other party to the appeal, and file return of service in the Registry of the Supreme Court.
Ex parte application to the Supreme Court for leave to appeal to the Court of Civil Appeal
An ex parte application under subsection (1) shall be made not later than 14 days after the order or interlocutory judgment or order, as the case may be, is made.
Renewed ex parte application to the Court of Civil Appeal after leave refused
Where leave is not granted by the Supreme Court on an ex parte application under subsection (1), an ex parte application for a similar purpose may be made to the Court of Civil Appeal not later than 7 days after the date on which leave is not granted by the Supreme Court.
Notice of intention to resist an appeal before the Court of Civil Appeal
Every person who is served with a notice of appeal and who intends to resist the appeal before the Court of Civil Appeal shall, not later than 28 days after the date of service of the notice of appeal, serve on the appellant and file in the Registry of the Supreme Court a notice of his intention to resist the appeal.
Tell the landlord you want to return to rebuilt or repaired premises
Where a tenant has been served with a notice under subsection (1), he shall, if he is willing to resume occupation of the premises— (a) so inform the landlord in writing within 10 days from the date on which he received the notice;
Prescription (no fixed date)
Extinctive prescription of real actions
Toutes les actions réelles sont prescrites par trente ans, s'il n'en est autrement fixé par la loi.
Extinctive prescription of personal actions
Sous réserve des dispositions particulières de la loi, les actions personnelles se prescrivent par dix ans.
How days are counted
Interpretation and General Clauses Act (Act 33 of 1974)
What this page does not list
- District and Intermediate Courts (Civil Jurisdiction) Act, ss. 36 and 37: These are the provisions Mauritian practitioners cited for the pre-2026 civil appeal delay from the District and Intermediate Courts. Their repeal by s. 29(2)(b) of the Civil Appeal Act 2025 was read verbatim, but the repealed sections' own operative words were not read, so the historical rule is not encoded. Appeals from those courts on or after 5 January 2026 are covered by civil_appeal_2025_s13_1_notice_supreme.
- Courts Act s. 73(2), application to review an injunction, 21 days: The replacement text was read verbatim in s. 29(1)(b) of the Civil Appeal Act 2025 and reads "not later than 21 days after the date the injunction is granted". It was not encoded because a separate Courts (Amendment) Act 2025 (Act 27 of 2025) also came into operation on 5 January 2026 and its effect on s. 73 was not checked. Encoding a provision whose consolidated current text has not been read would be exactly the error this module exists to avoid.
- Revenue Tribunal Act 2025 s. 11(1), appeal to the Supreme Court, 21 days: Read 2026-09-30: s. 29(5A) of the Civil Appeal Act 2025 repealed and replaced s. 11 of the Revenue Tribunal Act 2025, and the new s. 11(1) reads "(1) An aggrieved party who intends to appeal to the Supreme Court shall, not later than 21 days after the date of the final decision of the Tribunal, give written notice of appeal to the Secretary to the Tribunal." It is encoded as tax_rta2025_s11_1_appeal_to_supreme_court, a tax rule that stays off until tax deadlines are switched on.
- Extension of time under s. 25 of the Civil Appeal Act 2025: Sections 6(6), 7(4), 13(6) and 25 allow the Court to extend these periods on motion and affidavit, on good cause shown. An extension is a judicial act on facts, not a computation, so no rule models it. Every affected rule carries an 'extension' field naming the power.
- Public holidays for 2027 onward: The movable feasts are fixed annually by General Notice published in the Government Gazette by the Prime Minister's Office. There is no machine-readable feed. Any computation touching an uncovered year raises HolidayDataUnavailable rather than silently assuming the days are ordinary.
- The original General Notice fixing Public Holidays 2026: General Notice No. 611 of 2026 is expressly an amendment and states that Ganesh Chaturthi 2026 previously fell on Wednesday 16 September 2026. The original notice's own number and publication date were not obtained, so the superseded row in holidays.json carries a null valid_from and a source marked as not independently verified.
- Cyclone days and special public holidays: Public Holidays Act s. 6 applies ss. 4 and 5 to a day on which a cyclone warning of Class III is in force, and s. 7 lets the President appoint a special public holiday by Proclamation. Neither is predictable, and s. 6 works through ss. 4 and 5 rather than by making the day a public holiday for the purposes of the definition in s. 2 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Act. A deadline falling near a Class III warning needs a human.
- Time to complain about a dismissal: Workers' Rights Act 2019 (Act No. 20 of 2019), as enacted, s. 120(1), read 2026-09-22 from the National Assembly text hosted by the Ministry of Labour: 'Any worker may make a complaint to the supervising officer against his employer or any agent of the employer, in respect of any matter arising out of his employment.' That subsection states no period. The Ministry's consolidation as at 9 August 2025, which the same page marks as not the Government Gazette, inserts s. 69A(2A)(a): 'The supervising officer shall not, unless good cause is shown, refer any complaint to the Tribunal under this section where the worker registers the complaint after 15 days of the date of termination of his employment.' That later sentence includes an extension ('unless good cause is shown') and is not the enacted text this corpus holds. Not encoded.
- Registering for a transition unemployment benefit: Workers' Rights Act 2019 as enacted, s. 84(1)(d), read 2026-09-22: a worker is entitled where 'he has registered himself with the supervising officer within a period of 60 days following the termination of his employment.' The Ministry consolidation as at 9 August 2025 adds s. 84(1)(e), a medical-cause registration after that period. A period the later text can extend is not turned into a date. The 30-day accrual split in s. 84(3) and (4) likewise carries 'unless good cause is shown'. Not encoded.
- How many days' notice to leave a tenancy: Landlord and Tenant Act s. 20, Revised Laws PDF Issue 7, read 2026-09-22: 'The Court may make an order under section 16 when the tenant has given written notice to quit and as a consequence, the landlord has—' followed by prejudice to the landlord. The section states no number of days. Section 30(3)(a), the rebuilt-premises reply, is encoded separately. Not encoded as a notice-to-quit length.
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