C.S O. s. 5067/27 and 3596/32.
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[No. 23-18.4.32.-1.]
A BILL
Short title.
Amendment of Ordin
ance No. 18 of 1923,
s. 4.
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the United Kingdom Designs
(Protection) Ordinance, 1928.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the United Kingdom Designs (Protection) Amendment Ordinance, 1932,
2. The United Kingdom Designs (Protection) Ordinance, 1928, is amended by the addition of the following paragraph at the end of section 4:
"Such grounds shall be deemed to include the publication of the design in Hong Kong prior to the date of registration of the design in the United Kingdom.'
Objects and Reasons.
This Ordinance amends section 4 of Ordinance No. 18 of 1928, by the addition of certain words suggested by the Secretary of State in his circular despatch of the 27th February, 1932, addressed to all Colonies and Protectorates where legislation based on the same model obtains. The amendment includes the publication of a design in Hong Kong prior to the date of the registration thereof in the United Kingdom among the grounds upon which the court is empowered, upon the application of any person who alleges that his interests have been prejudicially affected, to declare that exclusive privileges and rights in a design have not been acquired in this Colony under the provisions of the principal Ordinance.
May, 1932.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.