Fully responsible status of Mauritius.
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On and after 12th March 1968 (in this Act referred to as “the appointed day”) Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom shall have no responsibility for the government of Mauritius.
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No Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on or after the appointed day shall extend, or be deemed to extend, to Mauritius as part of its law; and on and after that day the provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the legislative powers of Mauritius.
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Consequential modification of other enactments.
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On and after the appointed day the provisions specified in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified respectively in that Schedule.
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Subsection (3) of this section, and Schedule 2 to this Act, shall not extend to Mauritius as part of its law.

Interpretation.
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In this Act, and in any amendment made by this Act in any other enactment, “Mauritius” means the territories which immediately before the appointed day constitute the Colony of Mauritius.
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References in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment.

Short title.
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This Act may be cited as the Mauritius Independence Act 1968.
Ss. 2, 3 repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), Sch. 9
S. 4(1) repealed by Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30, SIF 115:1), Sch. 3
S. 4(2) repealed (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4