315. Section 19(1) of GGIR provides that there shall be a National Recovery Fund – into which
shall be paid all sums that may lawfully accrue to it, other than as set out in section 18 (General
Fund), including any sums derived from the realisation of property under section 17 (Realisation
of Property) and which may be used to, inter alia, alleviate poverty. This objective is in direct line
with Article 2(1) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights as
regards taking steps towards progressive realisation of rights in the Covenant such as Right to
adequate standard of living under article 11 of the Covenant.
316. The amendments in the ‘Prevention of Corruption Act’ and in the ‘Income Tax Act’ to
promote the sharing and exchange of information between Independent Commission Against
Corruption Mauritius (ICAC), the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) and the Financial
Intelligence Unit (FIU) in 2018.
317. The Declaration of Assets Act was proclaimed in May 2019. It provides for better and more
comprehensive provisions for the declaration of assets by holders of senior posts/ offices in the
public sector. It provides for the categories of persons that shall make a Declaration of assets and
liabilities. and such persons are listed under section 3 (1) of the Act. According to Section 16 of
the Act, every person referred in section 3 (1) shall make a declaration of his assets and liabilities,
that of his spouse, his minor children, and subject to section 4 (4) thereof, that of his children of
age and grand-children.
318. To address issues raised by the Truth and Justice Commission regarding cases of
dispossession of land, Government has agreed to the setting up of a Land Research and Monitoring
Unit and a Special Fund will be set up under the Ministry of Housing and Lands. In this regard a
provision of Rs 50 million has been made in this year’s budget.
319. Mauritius hosted the 15th Meeting of the Mauritius Seychelles Joint Commission of the
Extended Continental Shelf in August 2018. At that meeting, it was agreed that the MauritiusSeychelles Joint Commission issues a Notice in the international press announcing that the
exploration blocks in the Mauritius Seychelles Joint Management Area in the Mascarene Plateau
Region, are now open for commercial exploration. In January 2019 Mauritius-Seychelles Joint
Commission of the Extended Continental Shelf met in Seychelles to review progress in the
elaboration of the institutional and regulatory framework for the Mauritius-Seychelles Joint
Management of the Extended Continental Shelf in the Mascarene Plateau Region.
320. The Republic of Mauritius has made a submission to the United Nations Commission on the
Limits of the Continental Shelf (UNCLCS) on 26 March 2019, for an Extended Continental Shelf
(ECS) of an approximate area of 175,000 km2 in the Southern Chagos Archipelago Region,
following the Advisory Opinion delivered by the International Court of Justice on 25 February
2019 whereby the Court made it clear that the Chagos Archipelago is and has always been an
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