The Republic of ("Mauritius") acquired its autonomy from Great Britain in 1968 and turned into a republic in 1992. Mauritius has kept up its enrollment to the Commonwealth after its promotion to the status of republic.

Mauritius has a "half and half" legitimate framework; consolidating both the common and basic law rehearses. Its lawful framework is administered by standards got both from the French Code Napoleon and the British basic law. The Supreme Court of Mauritius is the prevalent court of the island, having boundless purview to hear and decide any affable or criminal procedures under any law other than a disciplinary law and such ward and powers as might be given upon it by the Constitution or whatever other law. Mauritius has, in the wake of consenting to the status of republic, held the privilege of enticement to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which remains the most elevated re-appraising court of the nation.

In the previous ten years, the legitimate system of Mauritius has seen sensational changes similarly as business enactment is concerned. Business exercises are currently controlled by focused, sharp and exhaustive enactments which provide food for the direction and proclamation of business exercises both inland and seaward. To refer to however a couple of cases, the Companies Act 2001 and the Securities Act 2005 which are enlivened from their New Zealand partners, the Financial Services Act 2007 and the Insolvency Act 2009 have been proclaimed to settle on Mauritius the purview of decision for potential speculators.

The Law Practitioners' Act 1984 was likewise as of late changed to empower neighborhood professionals to hone by means of nearby and joint-wander law offices – a measure which has guaranteed that potential speculators and administration suppliers in the budgetary administrations and business divisions get authority legitimate backing.

Mauritius has a hybrid legal system combining both civil and common law practices. During the period of the French rule the island's legal system was governed by the French Napoleonic Code which remained in force under the British rule with subsequent amendments in civil and criminal procedural laws and company law. While private law is largely based on the Napoleonic Code, public and administrative laws draw essentially from English Common law. Although Mauritius is now a Republic, the country still remains a member of the Commonwealth and the right of appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London is preserved.