1. Corporate Registers Forum
2014
Importance of Business Registers
for the reduction of informal activities in an economy
D.P.Chinien (Mrs)
Mauritius
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2. Agenda
• Role of Business Registers
• National strategy
• How to make the business registers more efficient
• Impact on way of doing business
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3. The Mauritian Experience
• Why reforms important for any given economy
• Informal /parallel economy
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4. Some statistics…
• Strategic location of Mauritius
• Population of 1.2 m
• Poised to be the leader in the region
Economic trajectory -
 Diversification of the economy since late 1990s
 From mono crop economy to diversified one
 Improvement in the business environment and increase in
number of businesses created.
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5. National Objective
Reducing the number of informal businesses through:
 National plan and reengineering processes
 Review of legislation
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6. Setting the scene - Role and Importance of
a Business Register
 Focal point to start a business - CBRD
 Making the office of the Registrar of Companies the depository
for a central database for all businesses
 Key role of the Government online centre
 Moving away from role of a regulator to that of a facilitator
 Establishing linkages with various agencies
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7. Increasing efficiency of the Business
Register
User - friendly approach
Conducive environment for registering businesses
Adopting and adapting best practices
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8. Facilitating businesses – Putting
People first…
Through
Companies Act
Business Registration Act - obligation to register if doing business
Limited Partnership Act
Foundation Act
Insolvency Act
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9. Corporate and Business Registration
Department
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Business Registration Act 2002 Companies Act 2001 Limited Partnership Act 2011 (Act No 28 of 2011) Foundation Act (Act No 8 of 2012)
Foundations Act
Act No 8 of 2012
Companies Act 2001 Business Registration
Act 2002
Limited Partnerships
Act 2011
(Act No 28 of 2011)
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10. Incentives for the creation of
businesses
Flexible provisions and new approach in law
 Small private companies
 No auditor
 No financial statements
 One person company
Exemption of fees for an initial period
No charge for payment by credit card up to 800 USD
Simple and straight forward application forms
One - time registration
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11. Using IT……
 On line application software providing access of Central
Population Database (CPD) for the validation of National Identity
Number
 Establishing the link with other departments through the Central
Business Registration Database (CBRD)
 Establishing the interface with public through the MNS
 Extensive use of IT
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12. Linkages with Agencies
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13. INTEGRATED APPROACH ADOPTED TO ATTRACT
INVESTORS
Example :
PERMIT SYSTEM WITH WEBSERVICE INTEGRATION
• BOARD OF INVESTMENT (MAURITIUS)
• PASSPORT & IMMIGRATION OFFICE
• MAURITIUS REVENUE AUTHORITY
• REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES
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14. Applicant
Application
for OP/RP
RoC
RoC
MRA
BOI Officers PIO Officers
Verification & Validation
Checks
Appointment with
applicants
Joint Committee PMO BOI
Exe Officer
SubmitOnline
Application
Interfaceswith
RoC&MRA
Applicant present in Mauritius
Submitfor
Review
Recommend
ForApproval
Approve/Reject
Permit
Web Services
Registration
Certificate
MRA
Web Services
PIO
Export Permit
Details
Issue Permit
Online
Permit Process Workflow
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15. Benefits
• Seamless integration among various Government Agencies
• Independent of any solution technology
• Improve business agility & reusability
• Reduce cost
• Rapid deployment
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16. CRF RIO BRAZIL 2014 16
As at 30/09/2006 As at 11/03/2014
No of Companies registered 34377 70656
Individual Businesses 0 136655
Limited Partnership 0 25
Foundation 0 100

17. Conclusion
Leading the way
…………………… in business registration
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