Section 105: Director-General to remit amount collected
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105. Director-General to remit amount collected
(1) (a) Notwithstanding section 3 (3) of the Mauritius Revenue Authority
Act, any local rate including surcharge collected on behalf of a Council by
the Director-General under sections 102 (2) and 104 shall, subject to paragraph (b), be remitted, not later than 10 days after the end of every month
of collection, by the Director-General to that Council.
(b) The Director-General shall, at the end of every financial year, retain from the amount referred to in paragraph (a) such administration fee as
may be prescribed by regulations made by the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of finance is assigned.
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(2) The Director-General shall, for the purpose of subsection (1), keep
appropriate records to ascertain, in respect of every financial year and for
each Council—
(a) the amount of local rate, including surcharge claimed by the
Council from every owner or occupier of an immovable property;
(b) the amount of local rate, including surcharge, paid by every
owner or occupier of an immovable property;
(c) the amount of local rate, including surcharge, remitted by the
Director-General to the Council;
(d) the amount of administration fee retained by the DirectorGeneral; and
(e) the amount unpaid by every owner or occupier of the immovable
property as at the end of the financial year.
(3) A summary of the information recorded under subsection (2) shall be
forwarded by the Director-General to the Council, not later than 10 days after the end of every month.
Sub-Part CA – General rate under section 95 (6)
[Heading inserted by s. 15 (b) of Act 26 of 2012 w.e.f. 22 December 2012.]
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