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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) The Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas (1973) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2004 (2004) Trade Marks Act - Cap. 322 (2001) Broadcasting Act, 1956 - Cap. 305 (consolidated as of 2000) (2000) Copyright Act - Cap. 323 (2000) Antiquities, Monuments and Museum Act - Cap. 51 (1998) Industrial Property Act, 1965 - Cap. 324 (1965) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Companies Act - Cap. 308 (2009) Customs Management Act - Cap. 293 (1976)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) The Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2004 (Appointed Day) Notice, 2009 (2009) Industrial Property (Amendment) Rules, 2004 (2004) Industrial Property Rules (2004) Trade Marks Rules (2001) Copyright Regulations, 1999 (1999) Trade Marks (Fees) Order (1984)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (January 4, 1977) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (July 10, 1973) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (July 10, 1973) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (February 1, 2010) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (March 23, 2009) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (January 1, 2006) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (April 14, 2004) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (January 9, 1998) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 16, 1994) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (June 27, 1994) Convention on Biological Diversity (December 29, 1993) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (October 10, 1980) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (October 10, 1980) Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (December 27, 1976) Universal Copyright Convention of 6 September 1952, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (July 13, 1976) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (July 10, 1973) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (July 10, 1973) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (July 10, 1973) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) The Georgetown Agreement (formally establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the "ACP Group"), since 1975 (ACP) (May 23, 1979)

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