Excerpt from the Law to Reform Arbitration Proceedings (Arbitration Proceedings Reform Law)
of 22 December 1997
The Federal Parliament has passed the following Law:
Article 1 …
Article 2
…Section 17
Amendment of the Law on Employee Inventions
Section 33 subsection 1 of the Law on Employee Inventions in the revised version published in the Federal Law Gazette, Part III, number 422-1, last amended by Article 56 of the Law of 5 October 1994 (Federal Law Gazette 1 page 2911), shall be amended as follows:
1. In the first sentence the words "Section 1032 subsection 1, sections 1035 and 1036" shall be replaced by the words "sections 41 to 48, 1042 subsection 1 and section 1050".
2. In the second the words "Section 1034 subsection 1" shall be replaced by the words "Section 1042 subsection 2".
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Article 5 Entry into Force; Cessation of Force
(1) This Law shall enter into force, save for Article 1 number 1 and for Article 2 Sections 29 to 31, on the first day of the calendar month following is promulgation.
(2) Article 1 number 1 and Article 2 Sections 29 to 31 of this Law shall enter into force on 1 April 1998.
(3) Article 4 Section 2 of this Law shall enter into force on 1 April 1999.
The constitutional rights of the Federal Council have heeded.
The above Law is hereby executed and promulgated in the Federal Law Gazette.
Berlin, 22 December 1997
The Federal President Roman Herzog
The Federal Chancellor Dr. Helmut Kohl
The Federal Minister of Justice Schmidt-Jortzig