Section 15: Deregistration of persons

15. Deregistration of persons (1) Where the Board has reason to believe that a person registered under section 12— (a) has given in his application for registration, any information, document or particulars which is or are false or misleading in any material particular; (b) has contravened the Immigration Act under which an occupation permit, residence permit or permanent residence permit has been issued to him; (c) no more satisfies the criteria and conditions of his registration; (d) has acted in such a way as to tarnish the good repute of Mauritius; (e) is acting or has acted in contravention to any laws of Mauritius, the Board may, by written notice, require the person to show cause, within 30 days of the date of service of the notice, why he should not be deregistered and his occupation permit, residence permit or permanent residence permit, as the case may be, should not be revoked, and where the Board is satisfied that, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, it is expedient to do so, it shall deregister the person and notify the immigration officer to cancel the occupation permit, residence permit or permanent residence permit, as the case may be, of the person. (2) Where a registered investor or self-employed person intends to cease his activities in Mauritius, he shall immediately give notice in writing thereof to the Managing Director for deregistration. (3) Where a registered investor or self-employed person who is a non-citizen is deregistered under subsection (1), the occupation permit, residence permit or permanent residence permit, as the case may be, shall lapse immediately. (4) Any investor or self-employed person who fails to comply with subsection (2) shall commit an offence. [S. 15 repealed and replaced by s. 6 (d) of Act 21 of 2006 w.e.f. 1 October 2006; amended by s. 23 (b) of Act 14 of 2009 w.e.f. 30 July 2009.] I22 – 9 [Issue 7] Investment Promotion Act PART IV – IHS CERTIFICATE, PDS CERTIFICATE, SCS CERTIFICATE AND FREEPORT CERTIFICATE [Part IV repealed and replaced by s. 6 (d) of Act 21 of 2006 w.e.f. 1 October 2006; heading repealed and replaced by s. 18 (c) (i) of Act 17 of 2007 w.e.f. 22 August 2007; amended by s. 23 (c) of Act 14 of 2009 w.e.f. 30 July 2009; s. 31 (d) of Act 9 of 2015 w.e.f. 14 May 2015.]