Section 16: Powers of Registrar

16. Powers of Registrar (1) The Registrar or any authorised officer shall, for the purpose of ensuring that this Act is complied with, have power, at all reasonable times, to visit any premises at which he has reason to believe that business is being carried on in breach of this Act. (2) The Registrar or any authorised officer shall, when exercising the power under subsection (1), declare his office and shall produce his written authority to any person affected by the exercise of such power. (3) Where the Registrar has reasonable cause to believe that any person registered under this Act is not carrying on business, he may send, by registered post to that person, a notice to the effect that if an answer showing cause to the contrary is not received within one month from the date thereof, the registration of that person and his business registration card may be cancelled and the name under which he carries on business removed from the CBRD. (4) The Registrar shall, at all times, have power— (a) rectify any mistake in order to bring the entry in the CBRD relating to any person into conformity with the documents relating to that person furnished under this Act; (b) amend the business registration card issued to the person accordingly. (5) The Registrar shall, by notice in the Gazette, publish such particulars as he may determine in respect of any person whose registration and business registration card have been cancelled under this Act. (6) Where the registration of a person is cancelled under this Act, the business registration card issued to that person shall be deemed to have been cancelled. [Issue 9] B17 – 10 Revised Laws of Mauritius