No. S 662
Trade Marks Act
(Chapter 332)
Trade Marks (International Registration) (Amendment) Rules 2001
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 54 and 108 of the Trade Marks Act, the Minister for Law, after consultation with the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, hereby makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Rules may be cited as the Trade Marks (International Registration) (Amendment) Rules 2001 and shall come into operation on 15th January 2002.
Amendment of rule 5
2.  Rule 5(2) of the Trade Marks (International Registration) Rules 2000 (G.N. No. S 490/2000) is amended by deleting the words “rules 9 and 15 to 21” and substituting the words “rules 9, 15 to 18, 19 (1), (2) and (3), 20 and 21”.
Amendment of rule 11
3.  Rule 11 of the Trade Marks (International Registration) Rules 2000 is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:
(2A)  Where the mark to which the international registration relates contains or consists of a word or words in characters other than Roman or in a language other than English, the Registrar may require the holder to file with the Registrar a copy of a translation or, if the case requires, transliteration, of each word in English, certified or verified to the satisfaction of the Registrar.”; and
(b)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (6), the following paragraph:
(7)  The request referred to in paragraph (5), and the address for service referred to in paragraph (6), may be filed using the electronic online system within the meaning of the Trade Marks Rules (R 1).”.

Made this 18th day of December 2001.

LIEW HENG SAN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law,
Singapore.
[LAW 18/001/003 Vol. 5; TM/031/90 Vol. 3; AG/LEG/SL/332/1996/2 Vol. 3]