Singapore legislation

Clause 5

of Geographical Indications (Amendment) Bill

Clause 5

Amendment of section 46

Section 46 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “Any person may” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “Subject to subsection (3A), any person may”;

(b)

by deleting the words “under section 45” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “of a geographical indication under section 45 but before the registration of the geographical indication under section 48”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “request that a qualification, of” in subsection (1), the words “any of”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(3A) A request under subsection (1) may not be made if the request —

(a)

is for a qualification of all the rights conferred under this Act in respect of a registered geographical indication to be entered in the register —

(i)

in relation to any name contained in the geographical indication that is the subject of the application for registration; or

(ii)

in relation to any term which may be a possible translation of the geographical indication that is the subject of the application for registration; and

(b)

is made on the ground that one or more of the exceptions mentioned in section 11(a), (b) or (c) or 15 applies to that name or term.”.

Clause 5 — Geographical Indications (Amendment) Bill