Shooting and Fishing Leases (Amendment) Act 2017 (No. 3 of 2017)

Made 2017-05-12 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Language: English
Kind: Act
Organisation: European Union
Country: Mauritius
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture, Land and soil, Wild species and ecosystems
Keywords: inland fisheries, concession, fishing authorization, offences/penalties, fees/royalties, fishery management and conservation, authorization/permit, public land, lease, contracts, land tenure, management/conservation, hunting authorization/permit, hunting rights, hunting/capture

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THE SHOOTING AND FISHING LEASES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2017 Act No. 3 of 2017 Government Gazette of Mauritius No. 47 of 13 May 2017 I assent BIBI AMEENAH FIRDAUS GURIB-FAKIM 12 May 2017 President of the Republic ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Short title 2. Interpretation 3. Section 18 added to principal Act An Act To amend the Shooting and Fishing Leases Act ENACTED by the Parliament of Mauritius, as follows – 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Shooting and Fishing Leases (Amendment) Act 2017. 2. Interpretation In this Act – “principal Act” means the Shooting and Fishing Leases Act. 3. Section 18 added to principal Act The principal Act is amended by adding the following new section – 18. Regulations (1) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of this Act, and, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of that power, may make regulations – (a) for the levying of charges and the taking of fees; (b) amending the Schedule. (2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may provide that any person who contravenes them shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 20,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year. Passed by the National Assembly on the ninth day of May two thousand and seventeen. Bibi Safeena Lotun (Mrs) Clerk of the National Assembly