Section 4:

4. Private security services to be licensed (1) Any person who wishes to operate a private security service shall make an application for a licence to the Commissioner in such form as may be approved by the Commissioner and furnish such information as the Commissioner may require. (2) On receipt of an application under subsection (1), the Commissioner shall— (a) cause notice thereof to be published in the Gazette and, for 3 consecutive days, in not less than 2 daily newspapers; and (b) invite all interested persons, who so wish, to lodge with the Commissioner such objections as they may have against the application. (3) Any person who wishes to object to an application shall, not later than 21 days after the last date of the publication specified in subsection (2), lodge his objection in writing with the Commissioner. [Issue 2] P34 – 2 Revised Laws of Mauritius (4) The Commissioner may require an applicant to furnish additional information and may make such investigations, and conduct such examinations, as he considers necessary respecting the character, financial position and competence of the applicant. (5) The Commissioner shall, in determining whether to grant an application for a licence, have regard, inter alia, to— (a) any objection made under subsection (3); and (b) whether or not the applicant is disqualified under subsection (6). (6) The Commissioner may refuse to issue a licence where— (a) he reasonably believes that the applicant is not a fit and proper person to be granted a licence; (b) the applicant is a company, a partnership or an association and the Commissioner reasonably believes that, in view of the past and present conduct of its members, officers or directors, it is not a fit and proper entity to be granted a licence; (c) the applicant, or the person who will manage the private security service, does not have the experience and training that, in the opinion of the Commissioner, are necessary to operate such a service; (d) the facilities proposed for the operation of the private security service are inadequate; (e) the applicant, or where the applicant is a company, a partnership or an association, a member, officer or director thereof, has been convicted in Mauritius or elsewhere of an offence involving fraud and dishonesty; (f) the applicant is medically unfit to operate a private security service; or (g) the applicant is under the age of 18. (7) Where the Commissioner grants the application, he shall issue, on payment of the prescribed fee and upon the applicant furnishing the guarantee required under section 6, a licence in the prescribed form and subject to such conditions as he may deem fit, which may include a requirement— (a) for the training of security guards; (b) that the licensee takes out the requisite firearm licence under the Firearms Act; (c) as to the type of uniform to be worn by security guards. [S. 4 amended by s. 49 (1) of Act 2 of 2006 w.e.f. 1 September 2007.]