Section 7

Privileges and rights so granted shall date from the date of the patent in the United Kingdom and shall continue in force only so long as the patent remains in force in the United Kingdom:Provided that no action for infringement shall be entertained in respect of any manufacture, use or sale of the invention prior to the date of issue of the certificate of registration in Singapore.

Any extension, lapse, revocation and restoration after lapse in the United Kingdom of any patent registered under this Act may be notified by the grantee of that patent or any person deriving title under him to the Registrar of Patents who shall, on production of a certified copy of the order issued by the United Kingdom Patent Office within one year from the date thereof, enter the patent in the Register of Patents and shall issue a certificate in the prescribed form in respect of such entry. Any extension of the term, or restoration after lapse, of a patent in the United Kingdom shall, on such registration, have effect in Singapore to extend the term of the patent for the period the patent remains in force in the United Kingdom.

Where any extension of the term of a patent in the United Kingdom or the ordering of a grant of a new patent fell due to be registered in the Straits Settlements during the period between 15th February 1942 and 31st December 1946 the certificate of registration shall not be deemed to have lapsed if notification thereof is given in accordance with subsection (2) save that the notification shall be made within 6 months from 31st December 1946.

Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3), the Registrar of Patents may, in his discretion, accept a notification under the provisions of those subsections where it is shown to his satisfaction that for any reason the notification could not be made within the period or before the date specified therein.