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Proposed Amendment of Patents Amendment Ordinance, 1905,
(22 of 1909.)
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Rref 16 APR 10)
For Section 5 (2) of 22 of 1909, substitute
Q
(2). Revocation in the United Kingdom of Letters
Patent granted there shall not affect the revocation of any
Letters Patent granted in Hongkong for the same invention.
In sub-section (3) for "plaintiff" substitute
"applicant for revocation*.
(there is no plaintiff to a petition.)
and at the end of the Sub-section add
"and if such revocation is applied for on grounds
"similar to those specified in Section 27 of the Act
"of the Imperial Parliament 7 Edward VII cap. 29 ("The
"Patents and Designs Act, 1907") the applicant shall
"he required to satisfy the Court that the patented
"article or process is manufactured or carried on
*exclusively or mainly outside the United Kingdom and
"Hongkong, and thereupon the Court shall have powers
"similar to those vested in the Comptroller by Sub-
"-sections 2 and 3 of the said Section 27, such Sub-
*-sections being read as if the words "or Hongkong"
*were inserted after the words "United Kingdom"
"wherever the latter occur".