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Patents and Designs (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1946, Myanmar

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Details Details Year of Version 1946 Dates Published: February 27, 1946 Enacted: January 14, 1946 Signature: January 1, 1946 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter Patents (Inventions), Industrial Designs, Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Notes The Patents and Designs (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1946 came into force in Myanmar when the Patents & Designs Act, 1945 was repealed in 1993. This Act was not legally effective until then because Section 2 of the Act stipulates that it would not enter into force until the Myanmar Patents and Designs Act, 1945 was repealed. Patents may be registered under section 18(f) of the Registration Act. The Office of the Attorney-General remains in the process of drafting the bills on the Patents Law in compliance with the WTO's TRIPS Agreement, WIPO and ASEAN.

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 The Burma Patents and Designs (Emergency Provisions) Act of 1946

383 THE BURMA PATENTS AND DESIGNS (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS)

ACT, 1946.*

[ B u r m a A c t I , 1946.] (1st July, 1941)

W h e r e a s it is expedient to make provision for th e protection o f inventions and designs to take effect from the expiry of th e Burma Patents and Designs Act, 1939;

* * * * * It is hereby enacted as follows ะ 1. ( / ) This Act may be called as Burma Patents and Designs (Emergency

Provisions) Act. 1946. (2) This Act shall be deemed to come into force งท the 1st July 1941- 2. Until the Burma Patents and Designs Act, 1945 conies into operation,

the India Patents and Designs Act, 1911, shall continue to have effect in Burma as if, notwithstanding the separation of India and Burma, Burma had continued to be a part of India, and accordingly references in that Act to the Advocate General, the High Court and to the District Court, shall be deemed to include references to the Attorney General of the Union of Burma, the High Court and the D istrict Courts in the Union of Burma, and the President of the Union of Burma shall be regarded as one of the authorities to whom certain documents are to be sent under section 72 of that Act.

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