Section 7: Powers of Board

7. Powers of Board (1) The Board shall have such powers as are necessary to enable it to effectively discharge its functions and in particular to— (a) issue, renew, suspend or revoke any licence; (b) register, or cancel the registration of, a lottery retailer and a bookmaker's clerk; (c) issue directives to licensees and impose terms and conditions on licences; (d) issue guidelines to licensees, including guidelines pertaining to measures to be implemented to prevent the laundering of money and the financing of terrorism; (e) approve rules of gambling, lottery games, sweepstakes and lotteries; (f) approve, for implementation by licensees, rules in respect of internal control systems, including accounting and reporting procedures and any other procedures or systems; [Issue 1] G2 – 12 Revised Laws of Mauritius (g) approve a racecourse or the use of a racecourse, the frequency and number of race meetings in a year and the number of races at a race meeting; (h) approve any event or contingency on which betting is to be conducted; (i) supervise and control the conduct and operation of any activity regulated under this Act; (j) impose any financial penalty for non-compliance with the conditions of a licence, rules, directions or guidelines; (k) require a licensee or any other person to furnish such information or documents as may be specified by the Board or to attend before the Board at such time as may be specified for the purpose of being examined in respect of any transaction or matter relating to any gambling activity licensed under this Act; (l) deal with complaints; (m) ensure the protection of the public through the regulation and supervision of gambling, lottery games, sweepstakes and lotteries; (ma) ensure that licensees comply with the relevant guidelines issued by the FIU under the Financial Intelligence and Anti-Money Laundering Act; (n) carry out investigations into any illegal, dishonourable or improper practice in relation to any activity regulated under this Act and take such appropriate action as it thinks fit; and (o) generally do such acts and things as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act. (2) Subsection (1) (n) shall be without prejudice to the powers of a horse racing organiser under the Rules of Racing. (3) The Minister may, in relation to the exercise by the Board of any of its powers under this Act, give such directions of a general character to the Board as the Minister considers necessary in the public interest. (4) Where a direction is given under subsection (3), the Board shall comply with the direction. [S. 7 amended by s. 10 (b) of Act 26 of 2012 w.e.f. 22 December 2012.]