Code of Intellectual Property (Amendment) Act 1997

This Act may be cited as the Code of Intellectual

Property (Amendment) Act, No. 13 of 1997.

With effect from the date of commencement of this

Act, wherever in any provision of the Code of Intellectual

Property Act, No. 52 of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as the

“principal enactment”) or any other written law or notice, permit, communication, form or other document issued, made required or authorized, by or under the principal enactment or other written law—

Section 2 of the principal enacument is hereby amended as follows :—

“(i) by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section ; and

Section 3 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (3) of that section and the substitution of the following subsection therefor:—

“(3) There shall be appointed such other officers and servants as may be necessary for the administration of the Code.”.

Amendment of section 4 of the principal enactment.

§. Scction 4 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

Section 5 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed.

Inthe event of any inconsistency between Sinhala and

Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.

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IV.

VI.

Schedule

Column I

Registrar of Patents and Trade

Marks of Sri Lanka.

Deputy Registrar of Patents and

Trade Marks.

Assistant Registrar of Patents and Trade Marks.

Registrar (denoting the

Registrar of Patents and

Trade Marks).

Deputy Registrar (denoting the

Deputy Registrar of Patents and

Trade Marks).

Assistant Registrar (denoting the

Assistant Registrar of Patents and Trade Marks).

[Section 2]

Column Il

Director of Intellectual

Property

Deputy Director of

Intellectual Property

Assistant

Director of

Intellectual Property

Director

Deputy Director

Assistant Director