Section 88: Payment to Director-General
This section is inserted by Act No 15 of 2021, section 35.
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88. Payment to Director-General
(1) The Loterie Vert operator shall –
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Fifth Schedule, pay to the DirectorGeneral the percentage of its net proceeds
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(b) at the same time, submit a return to
the Director-General in such form as he
may approve.
(2) Where the operator fails to submit a return or
pay any sum due in accordance with subsection (1), it shall
be liable to pay to the Director-General, 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.
(r) in section 93B(3), by deleting the words “horse racing
organiser” and replacing them by the word “licensee”;
(s) in section 96(4A), by adding the following new paragraph, the
full stop at the end of paragraph (i) being deleted and replaced
by a semicolon –
(j) an amusement machine operator.
(t) in section 99(1), by repealing paragraph (ka) and replacing it
by the following paragraph –
(ka) the licensee fails to comply with the
relevant anti-money laundering guidelines
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issued by the Authority under this Act or
FIU under the Financial Intelligence and
Anti-Money Laundering Act;
(u) in section 116, by inserting, after the words “section 60(1A)”,
the words “, 88(1)(b)”;
(v) in section 117, by inserting, after the words “section 60(1A)”
the words “, 88(1)”;
(w) in section 119(1)(a), by inserting, after the words
“section 60(1A)”, the words “or 88(1)”;
(x) in section 119A –
(i) in subsection (1), by deleting the words “unless the
Director-General applies ex parte for and obtains the
authorisation of the Independent Tax Panel under the
Mauritius Revenue Authority Act” and replacing them by
the words “unless, in the opinion of the Director-General,
there is fraud or wilful neglect or the person has not
submitted a return under section 60 (1A), 86C or 115”;
(ii) by repealing subsections (2) and (3);
(y) in section 120(2) –
(i) by inserting, after the words “section 60(1B)”, the
words “or 88(2)”;
(ii) by deleting the words “section 60(1A)” and replacing
them by the words “section 60(1A) or 88(1)”;
(z) in section 134D, by deleting the heading and replacing by the
following heading –
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Questions this section answers
- What percentage penalty does a Loterie Vert operator pay for failing to submit a return or pay the sum due on time?
- What monthly interest rate applies to a Loterie Vert operator's unpaid sum?