Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Act 2001

REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

ACTS SUPPLEMENT

Published by Authority

NO. 5]

Thursday, March 30

[2000

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 22nd February 2001 and assented to by the President on 12th March 2001:—

Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Act 2001

(No. 3 of 2001)

I assent.

S R NATHAN,

President.

12th March 2001.

Date of Commencement: 1st April 2001

An Act to establish and incorporate the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, to provide for its functions and powers, and for matters connected therewith; and to make consequential amendments to certain other written laws.

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Act 2001 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“appointed day” means the date of commencement of this Act;

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Office and includes any temporary Chairman of the Office;

“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Office appointed under section 10 and includes any person acting in that capacity;

“Copyright Tribunal” means the Copyright Tribunal established under Part VII of the Copyright Act (Cap. 63);

“debenture” includes debenture stock;

“Deputy Chairman” means the Deputy Chairman of the Office and includes any temporary Deputy Chairman of the Office;

“intellectual property adviser” means any person who in the course of his profession or business provides legal or other advice relating to any intellectual property, including advice given in relation to an application for protection of an intellectual property whether in Singapore or elsewhere;

“intellectual property agent” means a person acting on behalf of another —

(a)	in connection with the application for or obtaining of a patent or any procedure relating to a patent under the Patents Act (Cap. 221);
(b)	in connection with the registration of a trade mark or any procedure relating to a registered trade mark under the Trade Marks Act (Cap. 332); or
(c)	in connection with the registration of a design or any procedure relating to a registered design under the Registered Designs Act 2000 (Act 25 of 2000);

“member” means a member of the Office;

“Office” means the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore established under section 3;

“securities”, in relation to a company, includes shares, debentures, bonds and other securities of the company, whether or not constituting a charge on the assets of the company;

“shares” includes stocks.

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