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Code Of Intellectual Property Act (No. 52 of 1979) - Sect 188

Industrial Designs: Repeal of Chapter 153 and savings

188.
(1) The Designs Ordinance (Chapter 153) is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the aforesaid Ordinance every rule or regulation made thereunder as is in force on the appointed date in so far as such rule or regulation is not inconsistent with the provisions of Part III of this Code shall be deemed to be a regulation made under this Code, and may be amended or rescinded by regulations made under this Code.
(3) The validity of the original entry of a design on the register of designs existing under the repealed Ordinance immediately before the appointed date or on any register of designs which was kept under any previous Ordinance and was incorporated with and declared to form part of the first-mentioned register, shall be determined in accordance with the law in force at the date of such entry, and every such design shall retain its original date, but for all purposes it shall be deemed to have been registered under Part III of this Code.


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