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Year of Version
2017
Dates
Revised:
December 31, 2017
Entry into force:
February 1, 2015
Type of Text
IP-related Laws
Subject Matter
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws,
Industrial Property,
Other
Notes
This is a revised edition of the Customs Act, 2014 (Chapter 20.04, also known as Act No. 19 of 2014) was prepared on December 31, 2017 by the Law Commission under the authority of the Law Commission Act, 2012 (Cap. 1.03).
This revised version of the Customs Act, 2014 contains provisions relating to:
(1) trademarks for similar goods (Second Schedule, section 1(1)) ;
(2) the inclusion of royalties and license fees for IP rights in the customs value of imported goods (Second Schedule, section 8(1)(c)); and
(3) restricted imports of (i) goods which bear a design in imitation of any currency or bank note or coin and the Coat of Arms or the Flag of Saint Lucia; (ii) goods of foreign manufacture and goods bearing any name or trade mark or purporting to be the name or trade mark of any manufacturer, dealer or trader in the State (Fourth Schedule, Part II, sections 8, 11 & 12).
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