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538 ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1862 .


Patents.


this Colony, for which Letters Patent have already been granted in
England : Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of
Hongkong, with the advice ofthe Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
Authority to 1. It shall be lawful for the inventor or for the owner by assignment
owners of
inventions to or otherwise from any inventor of any invention or of the exclusive right
petition for
Letters thereto within this Colony to petition His Excellency the Governor for
Patent.
Letters Patent for any invention , for which Letters Patent have already
been granted in England ; and such petition may be in the form set forth
in schedule A hereto. Every such petition shall be accompanied by a

specification of the said invention identical as far as practicable with the
specification filed on the petition for Letters Patent for the said invention

in England , and by a declaration which may be in the form set forth in
schedule B or in such other form not being less specific as to the Governor
shall appear proper. [ Amended by Ordinance No. 32 of 1889 (repealed);
and by Ordinance No. 6 of 1890. ]
Petition, 2. Such petition , specification and declaration shall be filed in the
specification
and decla office of the Colonial Secretary, and notice thereof and of any intention
ration to be
filed in office to apply for such Letters Patent, and of the time of the sitting of the
of Colonial
Secretary and Executive Council before which the matter of the petition will come for
to be adver
tised . decision together with such other particulars as the Governor shall require,
shall be inserted twice in the Hongkong Government Gazette, and shall
be otherwise advertised as the Governor shall direct .
Governor in 3. His Excellency the Governor with the advice of the said Executive
Council to
grant Letters Council shall , at the sitting to be so appointed for deciding on such petition
Patent.
for Letters Patent as aforesaid or at any adjournment thereof, determine
on such application for Letters Patent and grant or refuse the prayer of
the said petition as shall appear expedient, and for such time or times.
not exceeding the then duration of the Letters Patent for the said inven

tion or for any less period and subject to such conditions in all respects.
as to His Excellency the Governor with the advice of the said Executive
Council shall seem fit . The said Letters Patent may be in such form as
is prescribed by [ the Patent Law Amendment Act 1852 of the Imperial
Parliament: Repealed by Ordinance No. 32 of 1889 (repealed) ; and by
Ordinance No. 6 of 1890, and new words substituted ] or as near thereto
as circumstances will permit.
Effects of 4. Letters Patent to be granted under this Ordinance shall confer
such grant.
all the rights and privileges and shall subject the grantees thereof to all
the provisions affecting Letters Patent in England as fully as if the same