Section 2: Notification to Accountant-General
consolidated text (as at 1990, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
2. Notification to Accountant-General
(1) No person shall print and publish a newspaper or periodical devoted in
whole or in part to news or politics, without having previously deposited
with the Accountant-General a notice in writing specifying the—
(a) title of the newspaper or periodical;
(b) exact description of the house or building where the newspaper
or periodical is to be printed;
(c) exact description of the house or building where the newspaper
or periodical is to be published; and
(d) true names and residence of the printer or proprietor of the printing press, the editor and or one of the principal proprietors residing in Mauritius and the extent of his interest.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall be signed by every person designated in subsection (1) (d).
(3) Any person who knowingly and fraudulently gives false notice or in
giving notice omits any formality specified in subsection (1) shall commit an
offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 rupees.
[S. 2 amended by Act 40 of 1984; Act 44 of 1990.]