Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Patents (Amendment) Bill

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.”.

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