Merchandise Marks Act · s 9

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s 9Any person who-

(a)

counterfeits any property mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by a public servant to denote that-

(i)

any property has been manufactured by a par-ticular person or at a particular time or place;

Using a false trade mark

Using a false property mark

Punishment for using a false trade mark or property mark

Counterfeit- , ing a trade

, mark or

property mark used by another

Counterfeit-inga mark used by a public ser-vant

What consti-tutes counter-

feiting a trade mark or property mark. Onus of proof

Making or possession of any instru-ment for counterfeit-ing a trade mark or property mark

Merchandise Marks

(ii)

the property is of a particular quality or has passed through a particular office;

(iii)

it is entitled to any exemption; or

(b)

uses as genuine any such mark knowing the same to be counterfeit:

shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, imprisonment for 3

years and fine.