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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Belize Constitution Act (Cap. 4) (2000) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Patents (Amendment) Act, No. 40 of 2005 (2005) Ancient Monuments and Antiquities Act - Cap. 330 (2000) Broadcasting and Television Act - Cap. 227 (2000) Business Names Act - Cap. 247 (2000) Cinematographs Act - Cap. 241 (2000) Copyright Act - Cap. 252 (2000) Trade Marks Act - Cap. 257 (2000) Industrial Designs Act - Cap. 254 (2000) Patents Act - Cap. 253 (2000) Protection of Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits Act - Cap. 256 (2000) Protection of New Plant Varieties Act - Cap. 255 (2000) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Electronic Transactions Act - Cap. 290:01 (2003) Arbitration Act - Cap. 125 (2000) Customs and Excise Duties Act - Cap. 48 (2000) Freedom of Information Act - Cap. 13 (2000) Imperial Laws (Extension ) Act - Cap. 2 (2000) Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act - Cap. 171 (2000) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Registrar of Intellectual Property (Appointment) Order, 2005 (2005) Electronic Transactions Act (Commencement) Order, 2005 (2005) Protection of New Plant Varieties Act - Cap. 255 (Commencement) Order, 2001 (2001) Copyright (Specified Countries) Order, 2001 (2001) Industrial Designs Act (Commencement) Order, 2001 (2001) Patents Act (Commencement) Order, 2001 (2001) Trade Marks Act (Commencement) Order, 2001 (2001) Copyright Act (Commencement) Order, 2000 (2000)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Trade Marks Rules (Practice Direction No. 1 of 2009) (2009) Patents (Manner of making Amendments), Administrative Instructions, No. 1 of 2007 (2007) Industrial Designs (Electronic Filing) Administrative Instructions, No. 8 of 2006 (2006) Industrial Designs (General Procedures) (Amendment) Administrative Instructions No. 6 of 2006 (2006) Patents (Costs, Expenses and Allowance) Administrative Instructions, No. 7 of 2006 (2006) Patents (General Procedures) (Amendment) Administrative Instructions No. 5 of 2006 (2006) Trademarks (Costs, Expenses and Allowance) Administrative Instructions, No. 4 of 2006 (2006) Trademarks (General Procedures) (Amendment) Administrative Instructions, No. 3 of 2006 (2006) Trademarks (Electronic Filing) Administrative Instructions, No. 5 of 2005 (2005) Industrial Designs (General Procedures) Administrative Instructions, No. 3 of 2005 (2005) Patents (Electronic Filing) Administrative Instructions, No. 4 of 2005 (2005) Patents (General Procedures) Administrative Instructions, No. 2 of 2005 (2005) Trademarks (General Procedures) Administrative Instructions, No. 1 of 2005 (2005) Patents Regulations (2003) Trade Marks Rules (2003) Protection of Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits Regulations (2003) Protection of Layout Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits Act (Commencement) Order (2001) Industrial Designs Regulations (2001)

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 Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (July 12, 2003) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (June 17, 2000) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (June 17, 2000) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (June 17, 2000) Patent Cooperation Treaty (June 17, 2000) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ... Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (July 2, 2011) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (April 25, 2010) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (March 4, 2008) Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem (October 3, 2007) Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (December 13, 2006) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (March 15, 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 (May 12, 2004) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (January 29, 1995) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (January 1, 1995) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (January 1, 1995) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 16, 1994) Convention on Biological Diversity (March 30, 1994) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (February 6, 1991) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (April 26, 1990) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (December 29, 1984) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (December 29, 1984) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (December 29, 1984) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (December 29, 1984) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (December 29, 1984) Universal Copyright Convention of 6 September 1952, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (September 21, 1981) 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) ... Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas Establishing the Caribbean Community Including the Caricom Single Market and Economy (February 4, 2002) Constitution of the Centre for Marketing Information and Advisory Services for Fishery Products in Latin America and the Caribbean (February 18, 1994) IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Agreement between the Government of the Republic of China and the Government of the Belize on the Protection and Reciprocal Protection of Investments ... Agreement on Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investments between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Belize (October 1, 2004) Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Belize for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (April 30, 1982)

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