Section 7B: Manner of indication of selling price
This section is inserted by Act No 11 of 2024, section 17.
consolidated text (as at 2015, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
7B. Manner of indication of selling price
(1) Every registered person or other trader shall
ensure that price labels for goods offered for sale are placed
in close proximity to the respective goods.
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(2) The indication of selling price of any goods
or services shall be in Mauritian currency and in Arabic
numerals.
(3) Where a registered person or other trader
indicates his willingness to accept foreign currency in
payment for a product, he shall, in addition to the required
price indications in Mauritian currency –
(a) give an indication of the selling price
required for the product in the foreign
currency in question, together with any
commission to be charged; or
(b) clearly identify the conversion rate on
the basis of which the foreign currency
price will be calculated, together with any
commission to be charged; and
(c) indicate that such selling price or
conversion rate, as the case may be, does
not apply to transactions via a payment card
to be applied to accounts denominated in
currencies other than Mauritian currency,
the conversion rate for which will be that
applied by the relevant payment scheme
which processes the transaction.
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Questions this section answers
- Must a shop display its prices in Mauritian rupees using Arabic numerals?
- If a shop accepts foreign currency, must it also show the price or conversion rate in that currency?