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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 36 - 40 of 67Land Surveyors (Fees for the Survey of State Lands) Regulations 2011 (GN No. 58 of 2011).
These Regulations, made by the Minister under Section 20 of the Land Surveyors Act, stipulate that a person, on whose behalf a survey of State Land is carried out by a Government Surveyor, shall pay to Government the appropriate fee specified in the Schedule. The Regulations shall not apply to the island of Rodrigues.
Implements: Land Surveyors Act. (1991)
Amended by: Land Surveyors (Fees for the Survey of State Lands) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (GN No. 19 of 2013). (2013-01-23)
State Lands (Amendment of Schedule) (No. 2) Regulations 2011 (GN No. 204 of 2011).
These Regulations amend the State Lands Act in the Second Schedule in with regard to a reduction of rent for eco-tourism projects in inland areas and some other matters.
Amends: State Lands Act. (2016)
Land (Duties and Taxes) (Amendment of Schedule) (No. 3) Regulations 2011 (GN No. 149 of 2011).
These Regulations amend the Land (Duties and Taxes) Act in the Second Schedule by adding at the end of the Schedule a note on the definition of the date of transfers of specified transactions of purchase, including transfer by a lessee who is the holder of a new lease pursuant to section 6(1E) of the State Lands Act or section 10(3B) of the Pas Géométriques Act. Schedule 2 specifies rates for purposes of section 4(4) of the principal Act.
Amends: Land (Duties and Taxes) Act 1984. (2007-08-22)
Transcription and Mortgage Act.
This Act makes provision with respect to the transcription of deeds regarding land transactions and rights and mortgages. The Act sets out the documents to be transcribe documents to be transcribed and how they are to be transcribed. Documents shall be transcribed by filing them with the Mortgage Office or the Conservator of Mortgages. The Act also provides rules for effects of mortgages and effects on mortgages of certain deeds such as sale if mortgages are not inscribed.
Registration Duty (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2011 (GN No. 235 of 2011).
These Regulations amend the Registration Duty Act in Parts III, IV and VII of the First Schedule, which specifies rates of registration duty.
Amends: Registration Duty Act. (2007-08-22)