Section 10: Suspension of certificate

10. Suspension of certificate (1) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), where any person, being the holder of a certificate, is convicted of any offence under this Act, the Court— (i) may order that any certificate held by that person shall either be suspended for such time as the Court thinks fit, or shall be forfeited, and may also, if the Court thinks fit, declare any such person, or any person responsible for the management of the moneylending business carried on by the person convicted, to be disqualified from obtaining a certificate for such time as the Court thinks fit; and (ii) shall cause particulars of the conviction and of any order made by the Court under this subsection to be endorsed on every certificate held by the person convicted or by any other person affected by the order, and shall cause copies of those particulars to be sent to the authority by whom any certificate so endorsed was granted, and to the Commissioner of Police. [Issue 1] M66 – 4 Revised Laws of Mauritius (b) Where by order of a Court a certificate held by any person is suspended or forfeited, or any person is disqualified from obtaining a certificate, he may, whether or not he is the person convicted, appeal against the order as if it were a conviction, and the Court may, if it thinks fit, pending the appeal, defer the operation of the order. (2) Any certificate required by a Court for endorsement in accordance with this section shall be produced, in such manner and within such time as may be directed by the Court, by the person by whom it is held, and any person who, without reasonable cause, makes default in producing any certificate so required shall commit an offence and shall, in respect of each such offence, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10 rupees for each day during which the default continues. (3) Where a certificate held by any person is ordered to be suspended or to be forfeited under this section, any moneylender’s licence granted to that person, whether in pursuance of that or any other certificate, shall be suspended during the period for which the certificate is ordered to be suspended or become void, as the case may be.