In force1984 Revised EditionCurrent version · 1984 Revised EditionSee versions on Attorney General's Chambers(opens the publisher’s site)
Merchandise Marks Act · 1984 Revised Edition
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
counterfeits any property mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by a public servant to denote that-
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
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property mark used by another
Counterfeit-inga mark used by a public ser-vant
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What consti-tutes counter-
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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
the property is of a particular quality or has passed through a particular office;
it is entitled to any exemption; or
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.
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