Section 60: Conditions of Operator’s licence

60. Conditions of Operator’s licence (1) The licence issued under section 59 shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may impose and may require the Operator to— (a) obtain the consent of the Board before doing any specific act or thing otherwise permitted under the licence; (b) refer matters specified in the licence to the Board for approval; (c) provide to the Board at specified times with such information as the Board may require; (d) pay any sum out of the net proceeds, at the rate specified in the Fifth Schedule, to the Director-General at such times as may be specified in the licence; (e) obtain the approval of the Board for any lottery game, and the rules of the game, before that lottery game is conducted; (f) secure a written undertaking from any person controlling the Operator in any way not to change such control without the consent of the Board; (g) give an undertaking not to permit, require or compel any of its employees or lottery retailers to knowingly sell a ticket, or to award or to pay any prize to any person specified in subsection (2) as a person to whom this paragraph applies; (h) adopt an appropriate system for the verification of the validity of lottery game tickets and claims for prizes; or (i) inform the Board forthwith where it terminates an agreement with a lottery retailer. (1A) For the purpose of subsection (1) (d), the Operator shall, not later than 7 days after the end of every quarter, submit a return in such form as the Director-General may approve, and at the same time, pay any sum due. (1B) Where the Operator fails to submit a return or pay any sum due in accordance with subsection (1A), it shall be liable to pay to the DirectorGeneral, in addition to the sum due, a penalty representing 5 per cent of the sum due and interest at the rate of 0.5 per cent per month or part of a month on the sum due and the penalty from the date the sum due is payable to the date of payment. G2 – 31 [Issue 9] Gambling Regulatory Authority Act (1C) Where the Operator has obtained pursuant to subsection (1) (e) the approval of the Board to operate Instant-Win Scratch Games, also known as “cartes à gratter”, that approval shall be withdrawn with effect from 30 June 2015. (2) A person to whom subsection (1) (g) applies shall be— (a) a director of the Operator or a director of a holding or shareholder company of the Operator, an employee or consultant of the Operator; (b) a person who prints or in any other way manufactures a ticket for the Mauritius National Lottery, or any of its directors or employees; or (c) a person who supplies, operates, maintains or repairs any computers or any other electronic device or system of any kind, or software for those computers or devices, for the Operator, or any of its directors or employees. (S. 60 came into operation on 6 December 2007.) [S. 60 amended by s. 10 (d) of Act 26 of 2012 w.e.f. 22 December 2012; s. 21 (f) of Act 9 of 2015 w.e.f. 14 May 2015; s. 25 (g) of Act 18 of 2016 w.e.f. 7 September 2016.]