Section 27: Restriction on issue of tourist enterprise licence

27. Restriction on issue of tourist enterprise licence No tourist enterprise licence shall be issued to a person who— (a) (i) has, within the 3 years preceding the date of application, been convicted of any offence involving fraud or dishonesty; (ii) is a body corporate of which any director, manager, majority shareholder or officer has been so convicted; or [Issue 9] T11 – 18 Revised Laws of Mauritius (iii) is a société of which a partner holding a majority of shares has been so convicted; (b) was, within the 3 years preceding the date of application, the holder of a tourist enterprise licence which has been revoked by the Authority; (c) proposes to carry on or run a tourist enterprise under a business name or trade name which— (i) by its nature, or use of it, is contrary to public order or morality; (ii) is likely to deceive any person as to the nature of the enterprise; (iii) is identical with, or confusingly similar to, or constitutes a translation of, a mark or trade name which is well known in Mauritius for identical or similar services of another tourist enterprise; (d) is not a fit and proper person to hold the licence. [S. 27 amended by s. 7 of Act 3 of 2008 w.e.f. 1 June 2008.]