Singapore legislation
Clause 3
Clause 3
Amendment of section 17
Section 17 of the Patents Act is amended —
(a)
by deleting the words “specified under section 89” in the 2nd line of subsection (5)(b); and
(b)
by inserting, immediately after subsection (5), the following subsection:“(6) In subsection (5), “convention country” means —
(a)
a country other than Singapore that is a party to the Paris Convention or a member of the World Trade Organisation; or
(b)
any other country with which Singapore has entered into a treaty, convention, arrangement or engagement and which is declared by the Minister, by order published in the Gazette, as a convention country.”.