Section 9: Use of computer system

9. Use of computer system (1) The Registrar may authorise— (a) the registration of a limited partnership; (b) the payment of any fee under this Act, the Companies Act, the Business Registration Act or the Foundations Act; (c) the submission of the annual returns, profit and loss account and balance sheet of a limited partnership, and the filing of any notice or document; or (d) the performance of any act or thing which is required to be done in relation to paragraphs (a) to (c), to be made, submitted or done, through CBRIS, or such other electronic system and in such manner and format as he may approve. [Issue 7] L15A – 6 Revised Laws of Mauritius (2) The Registrar may direct that any matter, act or thing referred to in subsection (1) be made, submitted or done electronically or otherwise with effect from such date as may be notified in the Gazette. (3) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of this section— (a) authorising the destruction of any document which has been recorded or stored electronically or by other means; (b) providing that any document reproduced electronically or by other means by the Registrar shall be treated as if it were the original document, notwithstanding any enactment to the contrary; (c) otherwise giving full effect to and ensuring the efficient operation of any device or facility of the kind referred to in subsection (1). (4) In this section— “CBRIS” has the same meaning as in the Companies Act. [S. 9 amended by s. 33 (a) of Act 9 of 2015 w.e.f. 14 May 2015.] PART III – CONSTITUTION Sub-Part A – Types of Limited Partnership