[ih] 1/2 OT: AfriNIC - now a "declared company"?

[Carsten Schiefner]

Hi Eberhard & all -

to wrap this 1/2 OT side thread up: Eberhard suggested to consider the 
most recent version of Mauritius' Companies Act - the one of 2001 that 
can be accessed via:

	https://companies.govmu.org/pages/legislations/companies-act-2001.aspx

Section 230 (& 231) read as following:

===
230. Declared companies

Where the Minister is satisfied that-
	(a) for the protection of the public, the shareholders or creditors of 
a company, it is desirable that the affairs of the company should be 
investigated;
	(b) it is in the public interest that the affairs of a company should 
be investigated; or
	(c) in the case of a foreign company, the appropriate authority of 
another country had requested that a designation be made under this 
section in respect of the company,
he may, by notice published in the Gazette, designate the company or 
foreign company to be a declared company.

231. Investigation of declared companies

(1) The Registrar shall require an inspector to investigate the affairs 
of every declared company and to make a report on his investigation in 
such form and manner as the Registrar may direct.
(2) The expenses of and incidental to an investigation of a declared 
company shall, subject to subsection (3), be paid out of the 
Consolidated Fund.
(3) Where the Minister is of the opinion that the whole or any part of 
the expenses of and incidental to the investigation should be paid or 
refunded -
	(a) by the company; or
	(b) by the person or authority who requested the designation of a 
declared company,
he may direct that the expenses be so paid or refunded.
===

My understanding is that with the legal act based on this provision, 
AfriNIC is now under investigation by the Mauritius government, acting 
through the Companies Registrar.

Best,

	-C.

On 19.07.2025 16:00, Carsten Schiefner via Internet-history wrote:
> Hi Eberhard,
> 
> On 19.07.2025 14:25, Eberhard W Lisse via Internet-history wrote:
>> google shows me this
>>
>> https://companies.govmu.org/Documents/legislation/act84.doc
> 
> thanks!
> 
> Currently, it is rendered unreadable in LibreOffice.
> 
> Let me play with some tools to get this rectified.
> 
> In case I'd fail eventually, I'd ask for a PDF.
> 
>> It's a little off topic for this list, but I make amends by pointing 
>> to the SLD/TLD used, I seem to recall some drama about gov.MU a while 
>> back :-)-O
> 
> Oh, absolutely - now, that you mention it...! ;->
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>      -C.