Section 134C: Offering a bet-related service without holding a

134C. Offering a bet-related service without holding a licence Any person who offers a bet-related service without holding a licence shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. (o) in section 156(4), by inserting, after the word “activity”, the words “, other than a charitable, benevolent or social activity,”; (p) in the Third Schedule, in CATEGORY 4 – (i) in the first column, by deleting the words “event or contingency” and replacing them by the words “football matches taking place outside Mauritius”; (ii) in the third column, by deleting the words “12 months” wherever they appear and replacing them by the words “Yearly or part thereof”; (q) in the Fourth Schedule, in item 4, in the second column, by deleting the words “any event or contingency other than on local horse-race” and replacing them by the words “football matches taking place outside Mauritius other than on local horse-race”; (r) in the Fifth Schedule – (i) in Part I, in CATEGORY 3 – (A) in item 1, in the second column, by deleting the words “10 per cent of gross stakes and 24,000 rupees in respect of each race meeting or Acts 2020 227 10 per cent gross stakes and 16,000 rupees in respect of each race meeting” and replacing them by the words “12 per cent of gross stakes in respect of each race meeting”; (B) in item 1A, in the second column, by deleting the words “10 per cent of gross stakes and 24,000 rupees per week” and replacing them by the words “12 per cent of gross stakes per week”; (C) in item 2, in the second column, by deleting the words “10 per cent” wherever they appear and replacing them by the words “12 per cent”; (ii) in Part I, in CATEGORY 4 – (A) in the first column, by deleting the words “any other event or contingency other than a local race” and replacing them by the words “football matches taking place outside Mauritius”; (B) in the second column, by deleting the words “10 per cent of gross stakes and 24,000 rupees per week per place of business” and replacing them by the words “12 per cent of gross stakes per week”; (iii) in Part I, in CATEGORY 6 – (A) in the item “Sweepstake organiser”, in the second column, by deleting the words “10 per cent” and replacing them by the words “12 per cent”; (B) in the item “Limited payout machine operator”, in the second column, by deleting the words “10 per cent” and “500,000 rupees” and replacing them by the words “12 per cent” and “one million rupees”, respectively; (C) in the item “Amusement machine operator”, in the second column, by deleting the words “5,000 rupees” and replacing them by the words “500 rupees per machine”; 228 Acts 2020 (iv) in Part II, CATEGORY 4, in the first column, by deleting the words “any other event or contingency other than a local race” and replacing them by the words “football matches taking place outside Mauritius”.