Collection of Laws for Electronic Access YH 17. Exploitation by a government agency or third person 18. Exercise of discretionary powers 19. Competence of Tribunal 20. Regulations 21. Commencement MAURITIUS An Act to provide for the protection of layout-designs (topographies) of integrated circuits. ENACTED by the Parliament of Mauritius, as follows— Part I Preliminary Short Title 1. This Act may be cited as the Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits Act 2002. Interpretation 2. In this Act— “competent authority” has the same meaning as in the Patents, Industrial Designs and Trademarks Act 2002; “Controller” means the Controller of Industrial Property, appointed under section 3 of the Patents, Industrial Designs and Trademarks Act 2002; “integrated circuit” means a product, in its final form or an intermediate form in which the elements, at least one of which is an active element, and some or all of the interconnections of which are integrally formed on a piece of material and which is intended to perform an electronic function; “layout-design” is synonymous with “topography” and means the three-dimensional disposition, however expressed, of the elements, at least one of which is an active element, and some or all of the inter-connections of an integrated circuit, or such a three-dimensional disposition prepared for an integrated circuit intended for manufacture; “legal practitioner” has the same meaning as in the Law Practitioners Act; “Minister” means the Minister to whom the responsibility for the subject of international trade is assigned; “Register” means the Register of Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits; MU004EN Integrated Circuits, Act, 08/08/2002, No. 24 page 2/10