Supreme Court of Judicature (Geographical Indications) Rules 2019

No. S 706

Supreme Court of Judicature Act

(CHAPTER 322)

Supreme Court of Judicature
(Geographical Indications) Rules 2019

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 80 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act and all other powers enabling us under any written law, we, the Rules Committee, make the following Rules:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Supreme Court of Judicature (Geographical Indications) Rules 2019 and come into operation on 1 November 2019.

Definitions

2. In these Rules —

“Act” means the Geographical Indications Act 2014 (Act 19 of 2014);

“geographical indication”, “homonymous geographical indication”, “proprietor” in relation to a trade mark, “register”, “registered geographical indication” and “Registrar” have the respective meanings given by section 2 of the Act;

“GI Rules” means the Geographical Indications Rules 2019 (G.N. No. S 125/2019).

Application of Rules of Court

3. Subject to the provisions of these Rules, the Rules of Court (R 5) apply to any proceedings before the Court under the Act.

Proceedings under Act

4.—(1) Subject to rules 7 and 10, proceedings before the Court under the Act may be begun by writ or originating summons as the applicant considers appropriate.

(2) The writ or originating summons must be served on the parties and the Registrar.

(3) Where the Registrar refers to the Court an application made to the Registrar under the Act, then, unless the applicant makes the same application to the Court within one month after receiving notification of the Registrar’s decision to refer, the applicant is treated to have abandoned the application.

(4) The period mentioned in paragraph (3) may be extended by the Registrar on the application of any party interested, and may be so extended although the application is not made until after the expiration of that period.

(5) Paragraph (4) does not affect the power of the Court under Order 3, Rule 4 of the Rules of Court to extend that period.

Made on 22 October 2019.

SUNDARESH MENON

Chief Justice.

LUCIEN WONG

Attorney-General.

TAY YONG KWANG

Judge of Appeal.

STEVEN CHONG

Judge of Appeal.

BELINDA ANG SAW EAN

Judge.

QUENTIN LOH

Judge.

VINODH COOMARASWAMY

Judge.

SEE KEE OON

Presiding Judge of the State Courts.

JAMES LEONG

District Judge.

FRANCIS XAVIER, SC

Advocate and Solicitor.

KUAH BOON THENG, SC

Advocate and Solicitor.

[SUPCT.RNJ.009.0203; AG/LEGIS/SL/322/2015/9 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 80(6) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act).

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