Section 167A: Registration as company service provider

167A. Registration as company service provider (1) No person shall provide any of the following services, as a business, unless he is registered as a company service provider with the Registrar – (a) acting as a formation agent of a legal person with a view to assisting another person to incorporate, register or set up, as the case may be, a company, a foundation, a limited liability partnership or such other entity as may be prescribed; (b) acting, or causing for another person to act, as a director, as a secretary, as a partner or in any other similar position, as the case may be, of a legal person such as a company, a foundation, a limited liability partnership or such other entity as may be prescribed; (c) providing a registered office, a business address or an accommodation, a correspondence or an administrative address for a legal person such 152 Acts 2019 as a company, a foundation, a limited liability partnership or such other entity as may be prescribed; or (d) acting, or causing for another person to act, as a nominee shareholder for another person. (2) The Registrar may register a person as a company service provider, provided that – (a) the person is ordinarily resident or has a place of business in Mauritius; and (b) the Registrar is satisfied that the person is a fit and proper person to be a company service provider. (3) The Registrar shall not deregister a person as a company service provider unless the Registrar has given the person an opportunity to make representations on the matter. (4) Any company service provider shall keep the Registrar promptly informed of any change in its status. (5) A Secretary referred to in section 164 and the holder of a management licence under section 77 of the Financial Services Act that provides, as a business, any of the services specified in subsection (1) shall not be required to be registered under this section.