Section 78: Protection of product names

78. Protection of product names (1) No person, other than the Operator shall, either alone or with any other person, promote, organise or conduct any lottery game under— (a) such product name as may be prescribed; or (b) any other name, knowing that the name so resembles a prescribed product name that is likely to mislead any person. (2) No person, other than the Operator or a person authorised to do so by it, shall, subject to any other enactment, for the purposes of any lottery other than the Mauritius National Lottery, make use of the names “Mauritius National Lottery” or “National Lottery” or of any name so closely resembling either of the names as to be reasonably capable of leading to the belief that either of those 2 names is being referred to. (3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 200,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. (S. 78 came into operation on 6 December 2007.)