| REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE |
| GOVERNMENT GAZETTE |
| ACTS SUPPLEMENT |
| Published by Authority |
| NO. 3] | Friday, February 16 | [2007 |
| The following Act was passed by Parliament on 22nd January 2007 and assented to by the President on 1st February 2007:— |
| Trade Marks (Amendment) Act 2007 |
(No. 3 of 2007)
I assent.
President 1st February 2007. |
| An Act to amend the Trade Marks Act (Chapter 332 of the 2005 Revised Edition). |
| Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: |
| Short title and commencement |
| 1. This Act may be cited as the Trade Marks (Amendment) Act 2007 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint. |
| New section 5A |
| Amendment of section 17 |
| 3. Section 17 (1) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “in respect of the same goods or services, or of similar goods or services which fall within a single class in accordance with the system of classification referred to in section 6”. |
| Amendment of section 41 |
4. Section 41 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsections (3), (4) and (5) and substituting the following subsections:
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| Amendment of section 108 |
5. Section 108 of the principal Act is amended —
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| Transitional provision |
| 6. Section 2 shall only apply to an application for registration of a trade mark that is made on or after the date of commencement of this Act. |