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Patents (Amendment) Decree 2012 (Decree No. 55 of 2012), Fiji

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Details Details Year of Version 2012 Dates Entry into force: July 9, 2012 Adopted: July 9, 2012 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter Patents (Inventions) Notes The notification by Fiji to the WTO under Article 63.2 of TRIPS states:
'[This Decree] amends the Principal Act by deleting all references to the 'Administrator-General' and substituting it with 'Solicitor-General'. [The Decree] also includes a new provision authorizing the Solicitor-General to nominate a person to act on his or her behalf for the purpose of exercising his or her powers conferred by or duties prescribed under the Act.'

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 Patent (Amendment) Decree 2012 (Decree No. 55 of 2012)

1561 EXTRAORDINARY

GOVERNMENTOFFIJI GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE FIJI GOVERNMENT

Vol. 13 MONDAY, 9thJULY2012 . No. 94

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GOVERNMENTOF FIJI

PATENTS (AMENDMENT) DECREE 2012 (DECREENO. 55 OF2012)

INexercise of the powers vested in me as the President of the Republic of Fiji and the Commander in Chief of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces by virtue of the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, I hereby make the following Decree-

TO AMEND THE PATENTSACT (CAP. 239)

Short title and commencement

1. This Decree may be cited as the Patents (Amendment) Decree 2012 and shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette.

2. The PatentsAct (Cap. 239) shall be referred to as the "Act".

Consequential amendments

3. TheAct and all subsidiary laws madeunder theAct are amendedby deleting all referencesto "Adrninistrator- General" and substituting"Solicitor-General".

New section inserted 4. The Act is amended by inserting the followingnew section after section 31-

"Power to nominate

32. The Solicitor-Generalmay nominate aperson to acton his orher behalf for thepurposesof exercising his or her powers conferredby or duties prescribed under this Act."

GIVEN under my hand this 9th day of July 2012.

EPELI NAILATIKAU President of the Republicof Fiji

A.V.NAIVAKASORO,GovernmentRink&Suva,Fiji-2012 O w a l Prinler Since 1883

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IP/N/1/FJI/6
IP/N/1/FJI/P/3
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