Section 3: Section 17 of principal Act amended

3. Section 17 of principal Act amended Section 17 of the principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection (1)— (i) in paragraph (a), by inserting, after the word “sale”, the words “, other than a tobacco product”; (ii) in paragraph (b), by inserting, after the word “warehouse”, the words “, other than a tobacco product”; (b) by adding the following new subsections— (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) but subject to subsection (4), a trader may expose a specimen of a tobacco product at a duty-free shop at the airport or port of Mauritius or Rodrigues, or at any shop under the Deferred Duty and Tax Scheme prescribed under the Customs Act. (4) The Minister may require a trader to whom subsection (3) applies to expose a specimen of a tobacco product only in such manner as the Minister may approve. C42A – 1 [Issue 4] Consumer Protection (Price and Supplies Control) (Amendment) Act 2012 (5) In this section— “tobacco product”— (a) means any cigarette, cigar or a product composed in whole or in part of tobacco, including tobacco leaf, any extract of tobacco leaf and any mixture containing tobacco intended to be smoked; (b) includes pipe tobacco, green tobacco, leaf tobacco, manufactured tobacco and cigarette papers, tubes and filters; but (c) excludes any product prescribed by a medical practitioner as a nicotine replacement therapy.