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| "act_title": "The Trade Marks Act, 1940", | |
| "act_no": "V", | |
| "act_year": "1940", | |
| "publication_date": "19/07/2025", | |
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| "footnote_text": "1Throughout 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 theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
| }, | |
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| "footnote_text": "2The words “or an Additional Judge or a Joint Judge” were omitted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
| }, | |
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| "footnote_text": "3Clause (d) was omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (Ordinance No. XXI of 1960)" | |
| }, | |
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| "footnote_text": "4The words “the Supreme Court” were substituted for the words “such High Court” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
| }, | |
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| "footnote_text": "5Sub-section (1) was substituted by section 2 of the Trade Marks (Amendment) Act, 2003 (Act No. XIV of 2003)" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "footnote_text": "6Sub-section (2) was substituted by section 2 of the Trade Marks (Amendment) Act, 2003 (Act No. XIV of 2003)" | |
| }, | |
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| "footnote_text": "7The words “already on the register” were substituted for the words, figure and letter “either already on the register or already regis¬tered in any Acceding State or a non Acceding State to which section 82A for the time being applies” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
| }, | |
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| "footnote_text": "8The comma, words, figure and letter “, or from the register of trade marks in any Acceding State or a non-Acceding State to which section 82A for the time being applies” were omitted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
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| "footnote_text": "9The figure and bracket “(1)” was omitted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
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| "footnote_text": "10The words, figure and letter “or in any Acceding State or a non-Acceding State to which section 82A for the time being applies” were omitted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
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| { | |
| "footnote_text": "11The words, figure and letter “or in any Acceding State or a non-Acceding State to which section 82A for the time being applies” were omitted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
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| "footnote_text": "12The Explanation was omitted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "footnote_text": "13The figure and bracket “(1)” was omitted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
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| { | |
| "footnote_text": "14The words, figure and letter “or in any Acceding State or a non-Acceding State to which section 82A for the time being applies” were omitted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
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| { | |
| "footnote_text": "15The word “Taka” was substituted for the word “rupees” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
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| "footnote_text": "16The words “an Acceding State or” were omitted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
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| "footnote_text": "17Clause (b) of sub-section 4 was omitted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
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| { | |
| "footnote_text": "18The words “Royal Arms or” were omitted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "footnote_text": "19The words “Royal Arms or” were omitted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "footnote_text": "20The words “Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman” were substituted for the words “Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "footnote_text": "21The words “the Government or any department of the Government” were substituted for the words “His Majesty’s Government or the Central Government or any Provincial Government or any department of any such Government” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
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| "footnote_text": "22The word “or” and clause (c) were added by section 3 of the Trade Marks (Amendment) Ordinance, 1948 (Ordinance No. XXV of 1948), clause (c) was again substituted by section 2 of the Trade Marks (Amendment) Act, 1949 (Act No. III of 1950)" | |
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| "footnote_text": "23The words “to the High Court Division” were substituted for the words and commas “to that High Court or, as the case may be, to the High Court within whose jurisdiction that District Court is situated” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
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| "footnote_text": "24Section 74A was inserted by section 12 of the Trade Marks (Amendment) Act, 1943 (Act No. XV of 1943)" | |
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| "footnote_text": "25The words “High Court Division” were substituted for the words “that High Court or, as the case may be, to the High Court within whose jurisdiction that District Court is situated” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
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| "footnote_text": "26The words “The Supreme Court” were substituted for the words “a High Court” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
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| "footnote_text": "27The words “the High Court Division” were substituted for the word “it” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
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| "footnote_text": "28Clause (ll) was omitted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)" | |
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