TRADE MARKS.

No. 25 of 1922.

An Act to amend the Trade Marks Act 1905–1919.

[Assented to 18th October, 1922.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Trade Marks Act 1922.

(2.) The Trade Marks Act 1905–1919 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Trade Marks Act 1905–1922.

2. After section 9a of the Principal Act the following section is inserted—

Extension of Act to other territories.

“9b.—(1.) This Act shall extend to such other territories under the authority of the Commonwealth (including any territory held under a Mandate) as the Governor-General, by Proclamation, declares.

(2.) For the purposes of this section—

(a) any reference in this Act to a State shall be deemed to include a reference to any territory to which this Act has been extended, and

(b) any reference in this Act to a State Trade Marks Act shall be deemed to include a reference to any Act or law of that territory relating to the registration of trade marks.”.