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the time limit for making applications in Hong Kong
shall, in the case of patents granted in the United
Kingdom before the 1st January, 1926, run from the
31st December, 1925, i.e., the day before the commencement
of Ordinance No. 13 of 1925, instead of from the date of the
issue of the patent in the United Kingdom.
3. The present amending Ordinance also extends the
time limit generally to five years instead of three years.
4. In spite of the provisions of section 12 of the
Interpretation Ordinance, 1911, Ordinance No.31 of 1911,
some doubts have been expressed as to the continuance of
rights acquired under the Patents Ordinance, 1892,
Ordinance No. 2 of 1892, which was repealed by Ordinance
No. 13 of 1925. In particular some doubts have been
expressed as to whether the right to register assignments,
conferred by section 8 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1892, still
subsists. In order to allay these doubts section 3 of the
present amending Ordinance has been inserted.
5. The terms of this Ordinance have been approved of
by the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
6.
In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which
His Excellency the Governor may properly assent in the
name of His Majesty and on His behalf.
Mr. E. Porloch
Attorney General.