Collection of Laws for Electronic Access YH MAURITIUS (2) Any person carrying on an activity as a producer in the geographical area specified in the application, with respect to the product specified in the application, shall have the right to file an application for registration. (3) Where an applicant’s ordinary residence or principal place of business is outside Mauritius, he shall be represented by a legal practitioner resident and practising in Mauritius. Contents of Application 9.—(1) An application for the registration of a geographical indication shall specify— (a) the name, address and nationality of the person filing the application, and the capacity in which the applicant is applying for registration; (b) the geographical indication for which registration is sought; (c) the geographical areas to which the geographical indication applies; (d) the products for which the geographical indication applies; and (e) the quality, reputation or other characteristic of the products for which the geographical indication is used. (2) The application shall be subject to the payment of a prescribed fee. Registration 10.—(1) The Controller shall examine the application to ascertain whether it complies with the requirements of sections 8 and 9 and any prescribed regulations. (2) Where the Controller finds that the conditions referred to in sections 8 and 9 have been fulfilled, he shall cause the application to be published in the prescribed manner. (3) Any interested person may, within the prescribed period and in the prescribed manner, give notice to the Controller of opposition to the registration of the geographical indication on the grounds that one or more of the requirements of sections 6, 8 and 9 have not been fulfilled. (4) The Controller shall send a copy of such notice of opposition to the applicant and, within the prescribed period and in the prescribed manner, the applicant shall send to the Controller and the opponent, a counter-statement of the grounds on which he relies for his application. (5) Where, after a period of 1 month, the applicant does not send his counter-statement, his application shall lapse. (6) Where the applicant sends a counter-statement, the Controller shall, after hearing the parties, decide whether the geographical indication shall be registered. MU001EN Geographical Indications, Act, 08/08/2002, No. 23 page 5/9