Trade Marks Act · s 55

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55.
Organisation countries
(1) A trade mark which consists of or contains the flag of a Paris
Convention country or a World Trade Organisation country shall not be registered without the authorisation of the competent authorities of that country, unless it appears to the Registrar that use of the flag in the manner proposed is permitted without such authorisation.
(2) A trade mark which consists of or contains the armorial bearings or any other state emblem of a Paris Convention country or a World Trade
Organisation country which is protected under the Paris Convention or the
World Trade Organisation Agreement shall not be registered without the authorisation of the competent authorities of that country.
(3) A trade mark which consists of or contains an official sign or hallmark adopted by a Paris Convention country or a World Trade
Organisation country and indicating control and warranty shall not, where

Trade Marks the sign or hallmark is protected under the Paris Convention, be registered in relation to goods or services of the same, or a similar kind, as those in relation to which it indicates control and warranty, without the authorisation of the competent authorities of that country.
(4) The provisions of this section as to national flags and other state emblems, and official signs or hallmarks, apply equally to anything which from a heraldic point of view imitates any such flag or other emblem, or sign or hallmark.
(5) Nothing in this section prevents the registration of a trade mark on the application of a citizen of a country who is authorised to make use of a state emblem, or official sign or hallmark, of that country, notwithstanding that it is similar to that of another country.
(6) Where by virtue of this section the authorisation of the competent authorities of a Paris Convention country or a World Trade
Organisation country is or would be required for the registration of a trade mark, those authorities are entitled to restrain by injunction any use of the mark in Brunei Darussalam without their authorisation.

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s 55Organisation countries

(1)

A trade mark which consists of or contains the flag of a Paris

Convention country or a World Trade Organisation country shall not be registered without the authorisation of the competent authorities of that country, unless it appears to the Registrar that use of the flag in the manner proposed is permitted without such authorisation.

(2)

A trade mark which consists of or contains the armorial bearings or any other state emblem of a Paris Convention country or a World Trade

Organisation country which is protected under the Paris Convention or the

World Trade Organisation Agreement shall not be registered without the authorisation of the competent authorities of that country.

(3)

A trade mark which consists of or contains an official sign or hallmark adopted by a Paris Convention country or a World Trade

Organisation country and indicating control and warranty shall not, where

(4)

The provisions of this section as to national flags and other state emblems, and official signs or hallmarks, apply equally to anything which from a heraldic point of view imitates any such flag or other emblem, or sign or hallmark.

(5)

Nothing in this section prevents the registration of a trade mark on the application of a citizen of a country who is authorised to make use of a state emblem, or official sign or hallmark, of that country, notwithstanding that it is similar to that of another country.

(6)

Where by virtue of this section the authorisation of the competent authorities of a Paris Convention country or a World Trade

Organisation country is or would be required for the registration of a trade mark, those authorities are entitled to restrain by injunction any use of the mark in Brunei Darussalam without their authorisation.