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🇲🇺[MUS]//MAURITIUS STATUTE DESK
Mauritius VASP & Exchange Licensing Requirements (2026 Statutory Guide)
JURISDICTION: Mauritius
SCHEMA: GovernmentPermit
STATUS: ENACTED BINDING LAW
AUDIT AS-OF: 2026-10-04
Official authorization procedures, incorporation rules, and regulatory capital requirements for virtual asset service providers.
Operational Meaning in Practice
Multilateral virtual asset order matching requires a Class S Virtual Asset Marketplace license under the Second Schedule of the VAITOS Act 2021. Token offerings require Part III ITO registration.
Entities Affected
- Order Matching Exchanges
- Multilateral Trading Systems
- Market Makers
Statutory Evolution
VAITOS Act No. 18 of 2021 enacted in December 2021 and effective February 2022, creating statutory licensing tiers (Class M, O, R, I, S).
Statutory Licensing & Governance Tree
Supervising Regulator(s)
Financial Services Commission MauritiusFSC
Primary Enacted Statute / Gazette
Virtual Asset and Initial Token Offering Services Act 2021
REF: Act No. 18 of 2021
EFFECTIVE: 2022-02-07 / STATUS: enacted_binding
Audited Permission States
Stablecoin Merchant PaymentsPermitted
FSC approved whitepaper and custody required
Verbatim Statutory Evidence (Ground Truth)
Act No. 18 of 2021 / Second Schedule Section 7, Page 38
“Class S Virtual Asset Marketplace: A multilateral system that brings together or facilitates the bringing together of multiple third-party buying and selling interests in virtual assets.”
Source: Virtual Asset and Initial Token Offering Services Act 2021
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