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The Trade Marks Act, 1940

( ACT NO. V OF 1940 )

[ 11th March, 1940 ]

An Act to provide for the registration and more effective protection of Trade Marks.1♣

 
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the registration and more effective protection of trade marks;
 
 
 
 
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
 
 
 

Chapter I

PRELIMINARY

Short title, extent and commencement
1. (1) This Act may be called the Trade Marks Act, 1940.
 
 
 
 
(2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh.
 
 
 
 
(3) This section and section 85 shall come into force at once; the remaining provisions of the Act shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.
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    Throughout this Act, the words “Bangladesh”, “Government” and “the High Court Division” were substituted for the words “Pakistan”, “Central Government” and “a High Court” or “the High Court” respectively by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
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