Section 37: Legal tender
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
37. Legal tender
(1) Currency issued by the Bank under this Act shall be legal tender in
Mauritius—
(a) in the case of notes, for the payment of any amount;
(b) in the case of coins, for the payment of any amount not exceeding 50 times with regard to coins of denomination of less
than 5 rupees and not exceeding 100 times with regard to coins
of 5 rupees and higher denominations.
(2) Any currency note issued under this Act shall cease to be legal tender
where it is no longer in conformity with the specifications published by the
Bank.
(3) Any coin issued under this Act that has been impaired, diminished or
lightened otherwise than by normal wear and tear, or has been defaced by
having any name, word, device or number stamped or engraved on it,
whether the coin has or has not been thereby diminished or lightened, shall
no longer be legal tender.