Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “Assay mark“ means the mark referred to in section 13; “business premises“— (a) means the place of business or manufacture of a dealer; and (b) includes a place where— (i) jewellery is made, stored, displayed, offered for sale or sold; (ii) precious and semi-precious stones are processed, stored, displayed, kept for sale or sold; “Chairperson“ means the person appointed under section 5 (2); “Common Control mark“ means the mark referred to in section 13; “Council“ means the Jewellery Advisory Council referred to in section 5; “dealer“— (a) means a person who deals in jewellery, precious or semiprecious stones; and (b) includes a person who— (i) manufactures, sells or imports jewellery; (ia) exports jewellery and melted precious metal; (ii) supplies jewellery for sale; or (iii) imports, sells or processes precious or semi-precious stones; “Director” means the Director of Assay referred to in section 4; “document“ includes— (a) any writing; (b) information recorded or stored by means of a tape recorder, computer or other device, and any material derived from information so recorded or stored; (c) a book, graph or drawing; and (d) a photograph, film, negative, tape or other medium or device in which one or more visual images are embodied so as to be capable of being reproduced, with or without the aid of an equipment; “fineness“, in relation to jewellery, means the number of parts by mass of a precious metal in 1,000 parts by mass of its alloy; “fineness mark“ means a mark referred to in section 8; “identification mark“ means the manufacturer's mark referred to in section 12; “importer's mark“ means the mark referred to in section 11; [Issue 7] J3 – 2 Revised Laws of Mauritius “jewellery“ means any article for personal adornment made of a precious metal or of its alloy, and which exceeds one gramme; “mark“ means— (a) the Assay mark; (b) the Common Control mark; (c) a fineness mark; (d) an identification mark; (e) a sponsor's mark; (f) the State mark; or (g) an importer's mark; “member“— (a) means a member of the Council; and (b) includes the Chairperson; “Minister“ means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of industry is assigned; “Permanent Secretary“ means the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry; “precious metal“ means gold, silver or platinum; “precious stone“ means diamond or such other substance as may be prescribed; “punch“ includes any instrument used to mark jewellery; “semi-precious stone“ means such substance as may be prescribed; “sponsor’s mark“ means the mark referred to in section 10; “State mark“ means the mark described in section 9. [S. 2 amended by s. 16 (a) of Act 38 of 2011 w.e.f. 15 December 2011.]