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Although known to Arab and Malay sailors as early as the 10th century, Mauritius was first explored by the Portuguese in the 16th century and subsequently settled by the Dutch - who named it in honor of Prince Maurits van NASSAU - in the 17th century. The French assumed control in 1715, developing the island into an important naval base overseeing Indian Ocean trade, and establishing a plantation economy of sugar cane. The British captured the island in 1810, during the Napoleonic Wars. Mauritius remained a strategically important British naval base, and later an air station, playing an important role during World War II for anti-submarine and convoy operations, as well as the collection of signals intelligence. Independence from the UK was attained in 1968. A stable democracy with regular free elections and a positive human rights record, the country has attracted considerable foreign investment and has one of Africa's highest per capita incomes.
Mauritius is a parliamentary republic.
Source: CIA World Factbook
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Displaying 46 - 50 of 67Land (Duties and Taxes) (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2012 (GN No. 42 of 2012).
These Regulations amend the Land (Duties and Taxes) Act in the Eight Schedule on the exemption from payment of duty or tax under Part II, Part III and Part IVA of the Act for transfer of an immovable property by way of donation to a charitable institution registered under the Registration of Associations Act under specified conditions. The authorized purposes of transfer include protection of the environment.
Implements: Land (Duties and Taxes) Act 1984. (2007-08-22)
Cadastral Survey Act 2011 (No. 22 of 2011).
This Act concerns land survey and the land cadastre. It constitutes the Land Administration, Valuation and Information Management System Committee and provides for control of land surveys and the setting of standards and rules for the conduct of cadastral surveys by the Chief Surveyor. The Act prescribes how land surveys shall be carried out and the memorandum of survey or survey report, which has been approved by the Chief Surveyor, be registered in the digital cadastral database, which is created by this Act.
Environment and Land Use Appeal Tribunal Act 2012 (No. 5 of 2012).
This Act establishes the Environment and Land Use Appeal Tribunal, defines its composition and its jurisdiction and provides rules relative to proceedings before the Tribunal. The Tribunal shall hear and determine appeals under section 54 of the Environment Protection Act, under section 7B of the Morcellement Act and under sections 7 and 25 of the Town and Country Planning Act.
Land (Duties and Taxes) (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2011 (GN No. 37 of 2011).
These Regulations amend the Land (Duties and Taxes) Act in the Eight Schedule in relation to exemption from payment of duty or tax under the Act. The Eighth Schedule to the Act is amended by adding, after item (r), the following new item: (s) witnessing the transfer of land at a nominal price of one rupee to Government or, any specified entity or any body as may be prescribed, pursuant to section 11(2), (2A) or (3) of the Sugar Industry Efficiency Act.
Amends: Land (Duties and Taxes) Act 1984. (2007-08-22)
Land Surveyors (Diplomas) Regulations 2011 (GN No. 36 of 2011).
These Regulations specify, in the Schedule, the qualifications that shall be the appropriate qualifications for the purposes of section 5(1)(b)(ii) of the Land Surveyors Act. That section provides that no person shall be granted a commission under the Act unless that person holds: (i) the Diploma in Land Surveying of the University of Mauritius; or (ii) such other qualifications as may be prescribed.
Implements: Land Surveyors Act. (1991)
Amended by: Land Surveyors (Diplomas) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (GN No. 94 of 2013). (2013-04-26)