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Cap. 417 · Patents And Designs Act (Cap. 417)

Cap. 417 Art. 119Falsely representing a design as registered.

PART XXII

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(1) Whoever puts into circulation, or sells any product, falsely representing that a design applied to, or incorporated in any product sold by him is registered, shall be guilty of an offence against this subarticle and, on conviction, be liable to a fine (multa)

of not less than two hundred and thirty-two euro and ninety-four cents (232.94) and not more than eleven thousand and six hundred and forty-six euro and eighty-seven cents (11,646.87). For the purposes of this article a person who sells a product having stamped, engraved or impressed thereon or otherwise applied thereto the word "registered", or any other word expressing or implying that the design applied to the products is registered, shall be deemed for the purposes of this article to represent that the design applied to the product is registered.

(2) Any person, who after the right in a registered design is expired, marks any product to which the design has been applied with the word "registered", or any word or words implying that there is subsisting right in the design under this Act, or causes any such product to be so marked, shall be guilty of an offence against this subarticle and shall on conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) not less than two hundred and thirty-two euro and ninety-four cents (232.94) and not more than eleven thousand and six hundred and forty-six euro and eighty-seven cents (11,646.87).

Amendment history
  • Amended by L.N. 426 of 2007