Chapter: | 412 | DIRECTOR OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (ESTABLISHMENT) ORDINANCE | Gazette Number | Version Date |
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Long title | 30/06/1997 |
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An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of the office of Director of Intellectual Property and the appointment of other officers, to define their powers and duties, and to make provision for connected purposes. (Enacted 1990)
[2 July 1990] L.N. 189 of 1990 (Originally 35 of 1990)
Section: | 1 | Short title | 30/06/1997 |
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This Ordinance may be cited as the Director of Intellectual Property (Establishment) Ordinance.
(Enacted 1990)
Section: | 2 | Interpretation | L.N. 87 of 2003 | 28/03/2003 |
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In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires
"Director" (署長) means the Director of Intellectual Property appointed under section 3;
"legally qualified" (具有專業法律資格) means qualified to practise as a legal practitioner in Hong Kong, the United
Kingdom or in a jurisdiction listed in Schedule 2 to the Legal Officers Ordinance (Cap 87); (Amended 42 of 2000 s. 30) "Registrar General" (註冊總署署長) means the Registrar General appointed under section 2(1) of the Registrar General (Establishment) Ordinance (Cap 100). (Enacted 1990)
Section: | 3 | Appointment of Director and other officers | 22 of 1999 | 01/07/1997 |
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Remarks:
Amendments retroactively made -see 22 of 1999 s. 3
(Enacted 1990)
Section: | 4 | Director to hold offices in Schedule 2 | 30/06/1997 |
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The Director shall hold the offices specified in Schedule 2.
(Enacted 1990)
Section: | 5 | Powers and duties of officers appointed to assist the Director | 30/06/1997 |
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(1) The holder of an office specified in Schedule 1 may, subject to subsection (2) and any instructions of the Director, exercise the powers or perform the duties of the office of the Director.
(2) The holder of an office specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 shall not exercise any right conferred by section
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3(3) on the holder of an office specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1.
(3) The Director and the holder of an office specified in Schedule 1 may take any affidavit, affirmation or statutory or other declaration required by any Ordinance to be made before or produced or delivered to or filed with the Director or the holder of an office specified in Schedule 2 notwithstanding any Ordinance requiring the taking of such affidavit, affirmation or declaration by or before any other person.
(Enacted 1990)
Section: | 6 | Chief Executive may amend Schedules | 22 of 1999 | 01/07/1997 |
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Remarks:
Amendments retroactively made -see 22 of 1999 s. 3
The Chief Executive may, by order published in the Gazette, amend the Schedules. (Enacted 1990. Amended 22 of 1999 s. 3)
Section: | 7 | Transitional provision | 30/06/1997 |
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(Enacted 1990)
Section: | 8 | Evidence | 30/06/1997 |
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Any certificate or document purporting to be given or made in the exercise or performance of any of his powers and duties
(a) by the Director under any law; or
(b) by the holder of an office specified in Schedule 1, shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be so given or made and be received in any proceedings as evidence of the facts stated therein.
(Enacted 1990)
Section: | 9 | (Omitted) | 30/06/1997 |
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(Omitted)
Section: | 10 | (Omitted) | 30/06/1997 |
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(Omitted)
Section: | 11 | (Omitted) | 30/06/1997 |
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(Omitted)
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(Omitted)
Section: | 13 | (Omitted) | 30/06/1997 |
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(Omitted)
Schedule: | 1 | L.N. 272 of 1998 | 10/07/1998 |
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[sections 3, 5, 6 & 8]
PART 1
PART 2
Schedule: | 2 | L.N. 127 of 2001 | 13/07/2001 |
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[sections 4, 5 & 6]
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