Geographical Indications (Amendment) Rules 2022

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 31 Mar 2022

No. S 264

Geographical Indications Act 2014

Geographical Indications
(Amendment) Rules 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 84 of the Geographical Indications Act 2014, the Minister for Law makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Geographical Indications (Amendment) Rules 2022 and come into operation on 1 April 2022.

Miscellaneous amendments

2. The Geographical Indications Rules 2019 (G.N. No. S 125/2019) are amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “leave” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “permission”:

Rule 32(2)

Rule 37(2);

(b)

by deleting the words “inter partes proceedings” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “proceedings with notice”:

Rule 73(1)

Rule 83(2)(a)

Rule 93(4)

First Schedule, items 18 and 41

Second Schedule, item relating to Form GI9 and item relating to Form GI17;

(c)

by deleting the words “inter partes interlocutory proceedings” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “interlocutory proceedings with notice”:

Rule 73(1) and (2);

(d)

by deleting the words “Order 41 of the Rules of Court (Cap. 322, R 5)” in the following provision and substituting the words “Division 2 of Order 15 of the Rules of Court 2021 (G.N. No. S 914/2021)”:

Rule 75(2);

(e)

by deleting the word “Taxation” in the following rule headings and substituting in each case the word “Assessment”:

Rule 79

Rule 80;

(f)

by deleting the word “taxed” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “assessed”:

Rule 79(1)

Rule 82;

(g)

by deleting the word “taxation” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “assessment”:

Rule 79(3)(a) and (b), (5), (7) and (9)

Rule 80(1)

Rule 81(1)(a) and (b) and (3)

Rule 82 (rule heading)

Third Schedule, item 10; and

(h)

by deleting the word “TAXATION” in the heading above item 9 of the Third Schedule and substituting the word “ASSESSMENT”.

[G.N. Nos. S 436/2020; S 685/2020; S 687/2021]

Made on 30 March 2022.

LAI WEI LIN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law,
Singapore.

[LAW 06/015/001/ V14; AG/LEGIS/SL/117B/2020/1 Vol. 3]

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