Code of Intellectual Property (Amendment) Act 1983

This Act may be cited as the Code of Intellectual Pro-perty (Amendment) Act, No. 2 of 1983,

Section 2 of the Code of Intellectual Property Act,

No, 52 of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as the “ principal enactment ”) is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (3) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :—

“ (3) The Registrar shall—

subject to the directions of the Minister, be vested with the general control and superin-tendence of the registration of industrial designs, patents and marks under the provi-sions of this Code and of all persons appointed for or engaged in the carrying out of the provisions of this Code; and

take all necessary steps to promote and encourage a national awareness of the subject of copyright by the organization of exhibi-tions, contests, seminars and publications and by the setting up of societies for the protec-tion of copyright. ”.

The amendment made to the principal enactment by section 2 of this Act shall be deemed for all purposes to have come into operation on the date on which the principal enactment came into operation.

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