the aircraft or any proceedings being brought against the owner or
operator thereof or any other interference therewith by or on behalf
of any person in Hong Kong, on the ground that the construction,
mechanism, parts, accessories or operation of the aircraft is or are
an infringement of any patent, design or model.
(2) The importation into, and storage in, Hong Kong of spare
parts and spare equipment for an aircraft to which this section
applies and the use and installation thereof in the repair of such
an aircraft shall not entail any seizure or detention of the
aircraft or of the spare parts or spare equipment or any proceedings
being brought against the owner or operator of the aircraft or the
owner of the spare parts or spare equipment or any other
interference with the aircraft by or on behalf of any person in Hong
Kong on the ground that the spare parts or spare equipment or their
installation are or is an infringement of any patent, design or
model.
(3)
Subsection (2) shall not apply in relation to any spare
parts or spare equipment which are sold or distributed in Hong Kong
or are exported from Hong Kong for sale or distribution.
(4) This section applies
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(a) to an aircraft, other than an aircraft used in
military, customs or police services, registered in
any country or territory in the case of which there
is for the time being in force a declaration made by
Her Majesty by Order in Council, with a view to the
fulfilment of the provisions of the Chicago
Convention which relate to matters to which
subsection (1) or (2) extends, that the benefits of