Section 39: Restriction on tourist enterprise description

39. Restriction on tourist enterprise description (1) No person shall— (a) describe or permit any person to describe any premises; [Issue 4] T11 – 22 Revised Laws of Mauritius (b) hold out, or permit any person to hold out, any premises, as a tourist enterprise unless there is in respect of such premises a tourist enterprise licence. (2) No person shall use any word together with the business name of his tourist enterprise which is likely to— (a) mislead consumers as to the true business activities of the tourist enterprise; (b) be deceptive. (3) No person shall carry on or run a business under a business name which includes any of the words specified in the Second Schedule unless he holds a tourist enterprise licence. (4) Any person who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall commit an offence and, shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than 10,000 rupees and not exceeding 100,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. [S. 39 amended by s. 29 (b) of Act 38 of 2011 w.e.f. 15 December 2011.] continued on page T11 – 23 T11 – 22 (1) [Issue 4] Revised Laws of Mauritius PART V – REGISTRATION OF PLEASURE CRAFT