Section 275: Availability of name before carrying on business

275. Availability of name before carrying on business (1) A foreign company shall not carry on business in Mauritius on or after 1 December 2001 unless the name of the foreign company is available. (2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a foreign company that, immediately before 1 December 2001, is registered under Part XII of the Companies Act. (3) A foreign company registered under this Part that carries on business in Mauritius shall not change its name unless the name is available. (4) Sections 33, 34 and 35 shall apply, subject to any necessary modifications to the reservation of the name, if any, of a foreign company, including reservation on a change of name, if any, in the same way as they apply to the registration of companies under this Act and to the change of names of companies registered under this Act. (5) Where a foreign company contravenes this section, the company and every director of the company shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 200,000 rupees. [S. 275 amended by s. 4 (d) of Act 20 of 2002 w.e.f. 10 August 2002; s. 4 (f) of Act 21 of 2006 w.e.f. 1 October 2006.] C35 – 165 [Issue 10] Companies Act