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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 11, 1909.

Amends section 3 of the

Principal

Ordinance.

Repeals section 4 of the

Principal Ordinance.

Hearing &c. fo petition.

Repeals section 5 of the Principal Ordinance.

Effect of grant,

Revocation

of Patent in United Kingdom under section 27 not to affect a patent in

Hongkong unless not worked in Hongkong.

Limitation

as to revoca- tion in

Hongkong.

I'rocedure to obtain revocation.

Amends

section C of the Irincipal

Ordinance.

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Patent, he shall furnish such particulars as the Governor may require of the licence, assignment, transmission, or other opera- tion of law in virtue of which his claim is made."

3. Section 3 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby amended by the omission of the words "and of the time of the sitting of the Executive Council before which the matter of the petition will come for decision" in the third, fourth, and fifth lines thereof.

4. Section 4 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby re- pealed and the following section is substituted therefor :-

"(1) Every petition for a grant of Letters Patent shall be considered by the Governor who may refuse the prayer of the said petition or may grant it absolutely or subject to such condi- tious, amendments, and modifications as he may think fit: Provided always that no grant of Letters Patent shall be made in this Colony for a period exceeding the period of the dura- tion of the Letters Patent in the United Kingdom.

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(2) Letters Patent granted under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be in such form as inay from time to time be prescribed in the United Kingdom or as near thereto as circumstances will permit."

5. Section 5 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby re- pealed and the following section is substituted therefor :—

“5.~(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections. (2) and (3) Letters Patent granted under this Ordinance shall confer all the rights and privi- leges and shall subject the grantees thereof to all the provisions affecting Letters Patent in the United Kingdom as fully as if the same had been granted with an extension thereof to this Colony by His Majesty under the provi- sions of such statutes as are now or may hereafter be in force in the United Kingdom or as near thereto as the circumstances of this Colony shall admit of.

(2) Section 27 of the Act of the Imperial Parlia- ment 7 Edw. VII cap. 29 (“The Patents and Designs Act 1907") shall be read and construed, in relation to patents granted in this Colony, as if the words "and Hongkong" appeared therein after the words "United Kingdom " wherever the latter words appear in the said section.

(3) Revocation of Letters Patent granted in this Colony, except at the request of the registered proprietor when the same may be granted by the Governor, shall be obtained only ou petition to the Supreme Court, and the plaintiff shall be required to satisfy the Court that such re- vocation is justified in this Colony on grounds- similar to those on which the revocation of Letters Patent is justified in the United King- dom.".

6. Section of the Principal Ordinance is hereby amended by the substitation of the words: “ United King- dom" for the word "6 England" in the third line thereof; and by the substitution of the word "Governor." for the words “Governor-in-Council" in the fourth line thereof.

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