Section 9: Suspension, cancellation or termination of support

9. Suspension, cancellation or termination of support (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may suspend, cancel or terminate the support provided to a beneficiary— (a) where that support was obtained through fraud or misrepresentation, or granted by error; (b) where the beneficiary is using that support for a purpose other than that agreed in his social contract; (c) where the beneficiary is otherwise not abiding by his social contract; (d) where there is any change in the social or financial circumstances of the beneficiary; (e) where the beneficiary is absent from Mauritius for a continuous period of 6 months; (f) where the beneficiary dies; or (g) in such other circumstances as may be prescribed. (2) The Minister shall, before the suspension, cancellation or termination of any support, request the beneficiary by written notice to submit to the supervising officer, within 21 days of receipt of the notice, the reason why the support is not to be suspended, cancelled or terminated. (3) Where the financial support granted to a beneficiary is suspended pursuant to subsection (1) (e), the Minister may, where the applicant returns to Mauritius, resume payment of that support to the applicant.