THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 19, 1940.
No. 422.
Hong Kong
TRADE MARKS (EMERGENCY) RULES, 1940.
The Trade Marks (Emergency) Rules, 1910, made by the Chief Justice pursuant to the Trade Marks (Emergency) Ordinance, 1940, section 8, and approved by the Legislative Council on the 18th day of April. 1940.
The references in the margin. "RI ", etc., are to the English Patents, Designs, Copyright and Trade Marks (Emergency) Rules,
1939.
1. These rules may be cited as the Trade Marks (Emer- Tue. gency) Rules. 1940.
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2. (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise Interpreta- requires ;
"Office
means the Trade Marks Office, Courts of Justice, Hong Kong, or any subsequent address;
"Person" includes any Government Department;
the Ordinance" means the Trade Marks (Emergency) Ordinance, 1940:
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"Section" means a Section of the Ordinance, a Sub- section being indicated by a number enclosed in brackets immediately following the number of the Section.
tion.
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(2) The Interpretation Ordinance, 1911, shall apply to Ordinance the interpretation of these rules as it applies to the inter- No. 31 of pretation of an Ordinance.
1911.
3. The fees to be paid on applications and oppositions Fees. under these Rules shall be those specified in the First Schedule R 3. to these Rules.
4. The Forms hereinafter referred to are those contained Forms. in the Second Schedule to these Rules.
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5.-(1) All documents and copies of documents sent to Documents. or left at the Office or otherwise furnished to the Registrar R 5 (1). shall conform to the requirements of Rule 6 of the Trade Marks Rules, 1910.
documents.
R. 5 (2).
(2) Any application, notice or other document authorized Leaving and or required to be left, made, or given at the Office, or to the serving Registrar, or to any other person under the Ordinance or these Rules, may be sent by a prepaid letter through the post, and if so sent shall be deemed to have been left, made, or given at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of post. In proving such sending, it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter was properly addressed and put into the post.
Any written communication addressed to the registered proprietor of a trade mark or other person at his address
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