Section 42A: Counterfeit digital currency
This section is inserted by Act No 15 of 2021, section 3.
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.
42A. Counterfeit digital currency
Any person who makes or causes to be made,
counterfeits, or alters, a digital currency, or uses a counterfeit
digital currency for any purpose shall commit an offence and
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million rupees and to penal servitude.
(f) in section 52 –
(i) in subsection (1), by adding the following new
paragraph, the full stop at the end of paragraph (e)
being deleted and replaced by the words “; and” and the
word “and” at the end of paragraph (d) being deleted –
(f) providing credit scores.
(ii) by inserting, after subsection (1B), the following new
subsection –
(1C) Where the Credit Information Bureau
provides credit scores under subsection (1)(f), section 52B
shall apply.
(g) in section 52A –
(i) in the heading, by deleting the words “Central KYC
Registry” and replacing them by the words “Central
KYC and Accounts Registry”;
(ii) in subsection (1), by deleting the words “, establish
a Central KYC Registry” and replacing them by the
words “and information on accounts maintained by
customers, other than the balance and amount held in
the accounts, establish a Central KYC and Accounts
Registry”;
(iii) in subsection (1C), by inserting, after the words
“the information collected on the Registry”, the words
“, other than account information,”;
(iv) by inserting, after subsection (1C), the following new
subsection –
(1D) (a) Where it is necessary for the
prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of
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(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:73)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:88)(cid:71)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:191)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)
freezing of assets related thereto, the Bank may –
(i) under conditions of
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to the compliance with such
conditions as the Bank may
determine; or
(ii) where lawfully required
to do so by an Order of the
Judge in Chambers or any
Court,
disclose or allow access to account information
collected on the Registry to a supervisory authority or
law enforcement agency.
(b) In this subsection –
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:3) (cid:86)(cid:88)(cid:69)(cid:77)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:3)
to the compliance with such
conditions as the Bank may
determine; or
(ii) where lawfully required
to do so by an Order of the
Judge in Chambers or any
Court,
disclose or allow access to account information
collected on the Registry to a supervisory authority or
law enforcement agency.
(b) In this subsection –
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same meaning as in sections 41A(5)
and 80D(5) of the Courts Act.
(v) in subsection (3), by inserting, after the words “KYC
records”, the words “and account information, other
than the balance and amount held therein,”;
(vi) by repealing subsection (6) and replacing it by the
following subsection –
(6) The Bank may, for the purpose of this
section, issue such directives, guidelines, instructions
or rules as it considers necessary.
(vii) in subsection (7) –
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Registry” or “Registry”;
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the words “Financial Intelligence and Anti-Money
Laundering Act” and replacing them by the
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words “Financial Intelligence and Anti-Money
Laundering Act or submit information on accounts
to the Registry”;
(C) by inserting, in the appropriate alphabetical
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“account” means –
(a) an account maintained in Mauritius by a
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(b) an account in Mauritius designated in
accordance with the rules of international
standardisation (IBAN) maintained by
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(c) a safe deposit box leased by a bank; or
(d) any account maintained by such institution
as the Bank may specify;
“Central KYC and Accounts Registry” or
“Registry” means the ce
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(c) a safe deposit box leased by a bank; or
(d) any account maintained by such institution
as the Bank may specify;
“Central KYC and Accounts Registry” or
“Registry” means the central registry established
under subsection (1);
“customer” means –
(a) the owner of an account;
(b) the lessee of a safe deposit box leased by
a bank;
(c) a person who acts on behalf of a person
referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);
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(h) in section 52B –
(i) in subsection (1) –
(A) by deleting words “on an applicant for credit”;
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(B) by inserting, after subsection (1), the following
new subsection –
(1A) Without prejudice to subsection (1),
the Credit Information Bureau established under
section 52 may provide credit scores.
(ii) in subsection (2), by deleting the words “subsection (1)”
and replacing them by the words “subsection (1) or (1A)”;
(iii) by repealing subsection (7) and replacing it by the
following subsection –
(7) No civil or criminal liability shall be
incurred by the Bank, the Credit Information Bureau
or any person that provides the Bank with information
under subsection (2)(b) in respect of any matter or
thing done by it or him in the discharge, in good faith,
of it or his duties under this section.
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- Is it a criminal offence to make, counterfeit or use counterfeit digital currency in Mauritius?