Section 59: Domestic co-operation agreement

59. Domestic co-operation agreement (1) The Enforcement Authority may enter into an agreement with any Ministry, Department, public authority or body in Mauritius for the collection, use or disclosure of information, including personal information, for the purpose of exchanging or sharing information within or outside Mauritius or for any other purpose under this Act. (2) The Enforcement Authority may, in writing, notify a public body, of the start of an Investigation with a view to mutual co-operation and sharing of information. (3) Notwithstanding any other enactment, every public body shall, following a notification under subsection (2), provide the Enforcement Authority with such information as it may require for the exercise of its functions and powers under this Act. A23A – 35 [Issue 8] Asset Recovery Act (4) In this section— “public body” means the Commissioner of Police, the Financial Services Commission, the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the Mauritius Revenue Authority, the Registrar of Companies and such other public body as may be prescribed. [S. 59 amended by s. 24 of Act 24 of 2012 w.e.f. 10 November 2012; s. 8 of Act 29 of 2015 w.e.f. 26 January 2016.]