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January, 1926, run from the 31st December, 1925, ie., 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.

2. The present amending Ordinance also extends the time limit generally to five years instead of three years.

3. In spite of the provisions of section 12 of the Inter- pretation 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as to the continuance of rights acquired under the Patents Ordinance, 1892, Ordinance No. 2 of 1892, which was repealed by Ordi- nance No. 13 of 1925. In particular some doubts have been expressed as to whether the right to register assign- ments, 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.

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J. H. KEMP,

Attorney General.

31st October, 1927.