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Criminal Code (as amended up to Act of October 10, 2013), Germany
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2014
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Entry into force:
January 1, 1872
Adopted:
May 15, 1871
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This consolidated version of the Criminal Code incorporates all the amendments up to “Act of October 10, 2013, on the Modernization of the Industrial Design Act and Amendments to the Rules on the Notices Concerning the Protection of Exhibition”, which entered into force on January 1, 2014, on the first day of the third month following its publication in the Federal Law Gazette, except for Article 4, paragraphs 2 to 5, which entered into force on October 17, 2013, in accordance with Article 7.
Article 5, paragraph (18) of the said Act of October 10, 2013 replaces the words “Geschmacksmustergesetzes” (“Indutrial Deigns Act”) by the words “Designgesetzes” (“Designs Act”) in Chapter Twenty-One, Section 261, paragraph (1), sub-paragraph 4 (b) of the Special Part of this consolidated Criminal Code.
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