Section 53G: Savings for person formerly licensed as collector

53G. Savings for person formerly licensed as collector (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person formerly licensed as a collector under the repealed section 53(2) may continue to operate as a collector pending the determination of an application for his registration under section 53A. (2) Where a person formerly licensed as a collector under the repealed section 53(2) has not been registered as a collector within 3 months of the coming into operation of sections 53A to 53F, that person shall forthwith cease activities. (i) in section 96 – (i) in subsection (4), by deleting the word “No” and replacing it by the words “Subject to subsection (4A), no”; (ii) by inserting, after subsection (4), the following new subsection – (4A) Subsection (4) shall not apply to premises intended for use by – (a) a bookmaker licensed under section 44(4); (b) a sweepstake organiser; (c) a sweepstake retailer; (d) a local pool promoter; (e) an agent of a foreign pool promoter; Acts 2019 313 (f) a collector; (g) an operator of dart games; (h) a lottery retailer. (j) in section 99(1), by inserting, after paragraph (c), the following new paragraph – (ca) the licensee fails to submit to the Board any document or information within the time specified by it; (k) in section 105(1), by inserting, after paragraph (a), the following new paragraph – (aa) a record of the name and NIC number of a person receiving a winning exceeding 50,000 rupees; (l) in section 109(2) – (i) by inserting, after the words “hotel casino operator”, the words “, local pool promoter”; (ii) by adding the following new paragraph, the full stop at the end of paragraph (c) being deleted and replaced by the words “; or” and the word “or” at the end of paragraph (b) being deleted – (d) ensure that a ticket issued displays a bar code that allows the online recording of the payment of any winning on the central electronic monitoring system. (m) in section 111 – (i) by repealing subsection (1) and replacing it by the following subsection – (1) Subject to subsection (3), an inspector may, at all times, on showing proof of his identity, enter 314 Acts 2019 any premises for the purpose of ensuring that this Act is being complied with and may – (a) require any person on the premises to produce for examination or inspection any thing, equipment, book, record, bank statement or other document relating to activities conducted on the premises; (b) make copies of, or take extracts from, remove and retain, any book, record, bank statement or other document, for further examination or inspection; (c) operate and test any equipment found on the premises which is used or intended to be used for the purpose of any activity under this Act; (d) seal, or otherwise secure from such premises, any thing or equipment on or in which any document or data which has a bearing on the conduct of any activity licensed under this Act is stored or captured; (e) search the premises and seal or seize, for the purpose of further examination or investigation, any thing or equipment on such premises which has a bearing on the conduct of any activities licensed under this Act; (f) require any person on the premises to give all reasonable assistance and to answer all reasonable questions either orally or in writing; and Acts 2019 315 (g) take such steps as may be reasonably necessary to protect the integrity and conduct of any activities licensed under this Act. (ii) by inserting, after subsection (7), the following new subsection – (7A) (a vestigation, any thing or equipment on such premises which has a bearing on the conduct of any activities licensed under this Act; (f) require any person on the premises to give all reasonable assistance and to answer all reasonable questions either orally or in writing; and Acts 2019 315 (g) take such steps as may be reasonably necessary to protect the integrity and conduct of any activities licensed under this Act. (ii) by inserting, after subsection (7), the following new subsection – (7A) (a) Notwithstanding the Information and Communication Technologies Act, nothing shall prevent the Judge in Chambers, upon an application whether ex parte or otherwise, being made to him, by an inspector, from making an order authorising a public operator under the Information and Communication Technologies Act, or any of its employees or agents, to intercept or withhold a message or disclose to the inspector a message or any information relating to a message. (b) An order under paragraph (a) shall – (i) not be made unless the Judge is satisfied that the message or information relating to the message is material to any criminal proceedings, whether pending or contemplated in Mauritius; (ii) remain valid for such period, not exceeding 60 days, as the Judge may determine; (iii) specify the place where the interception or withholding shall take place. (c) In this subsection – “message” has the same meaning as in the Information and Communication Technologies Act. 316 Acts 2019 (n) by inserting, after section 113, the following new section, existing section 113A being renumbered as section 113B –