ACT No. XII or 1990 AN ACT /0 amend Ihe Vu ofCu1ain Words (Regulalion) A ct, 1978.

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CENSU T ABONE

(L.S.)

President

3rd April, 1990

ACT No. XII or 1990

AN ACT /0 amend Ihe Vu ofCu1ain Words (Regulalion) A ct, 1978.

BE IT ENAcrED by th e Presidem , by and with the advice and

consent of the House of Represen tatives, in this pre!;Cnt Parliament

a~sembled, and by the authority of the sa me, as follows:-

I. This Act may be cited as the U!;C of Cenain Words

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(Regulation ) (Amendment) Act, 1990, and shall be read and const rued

3S onc with the Use of Cenain Words (Regulation) Ad. 1978, "'<1 XX II

here inafte r referred to as ~ the principal Act".

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wahda mo'l· An ta' 1-1978Ii jirregola I-Uzu ta' <'::enu Klicm , hawnhckk A,,)o(1I

'tjed ' il quddiem imsejjah "I-All prinCipaliM.

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Section 2 of tbe principal Act shall be amended as follOWS

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(a) in subsection (I) thereof for th e words "in any language .~

prioripoll«"!.

the word Malta or the word nation , or any variation or derivative

the reof." there shall be substituted the words ~a ny word o r words~

and for the words from - without the authori ty of the Prime

Ministe r~ to the end of the proviso there lo, there shall be

substituted the words -whe reby any person may be led to believe

Ihat such person. company. pannership. firm , business.

o rganisation o r association. is acting for or o n behalf of the

Gove rnment of Malta or that the product on which the trade mark

or similar device is affixed or the printed matte r ema nates from the

Government of Malta.";

(b) for subsc<:tions (2) and (3) thereof. the re sha ll be

Subslilul ed the following

"(2) Whe re it appears to the Prime Minister that any

name, trademark or similar device or title is in contravention

of subsection (I) of thi s section, the Prime Minister may,

wi thOut prej udi ce to the provisions of subsections (4). (5) a nd

(6) of this section, order any person to change such name ,

trademark or similar device, or title within fifteen days from

the receipt of such order.

(3) Any person aggrieved by an order issued in terms

of subsection (2) of Ihis section shall have a right to appeal

therefrom by an appl ication to the Court of Appeal within the

said period of fifteen days from the ret:eipt of such order, and

upon the filing of such application, the said Court may in its

discretion di rect that the order appealed from shall nOI have

effect unless and until it is continued by the said Court. "; and

(c) in subsection (4) thereof for the words "any of the

provisions of this section shall be li able on conviction to a fine

(mU/la)" there shall be substituted the words "the provisions of

subsection (1) orlllis section or fails to comply with an order by the

Prime Minister or the decision of the Court o f Appeal, as the case

may be, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall on conviction , be

liable to a fine (multa)",

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No, 3580fthe 26th March , 1990.

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Speaker

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Clerk tQ the HOU!ie of Repreuntativl's

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