Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Enactment 1962 – Revised 2015
Bahagian
-
Seksyen
1
Tajuk
This Enactment may be cited as the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Enactment 1962.
Bahagian
-
Seksyen
2
Tajuk
In this Enactment, unless the context otherwise requires—
“competent authority” means any authority competent under any law for the time being in force to register any company, firm or other body of persons or any trade mark or design, or to grant a patent;
“specified emblem” means any emblem, seal, flag, insignia, coat of arms or pictorial representation specified in the
Schedule;
“specified name” means any name or title specified in the
Schedule and includes any abbreviation of any such name.
Bahagian
-
Seksyen
3
Tajuk
Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, no person shall, except with the written
permission of the Ruler in Council—
(a) use any specified name or specified emblem, or any
colourable imitation for the purpose of any trade, business, calling or profession;
(b) use or continue to use any specified name or specified emblem, or any colourable imitation thereof in the title of any patent, or in any trade mark or design; or
(c) make for the purposes of sale or sell or expose for sale or have in his possession for sale any specified emblem.
The Ruler in Council may subject any permission given under subsection (1) to such conditions, if any, as he deems fit.
Bahagian
-
Seksyen
4
Tajuk
Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the
time being in force, no competent authority shall—
(a) register any company, firm or other body of persons under any name;
(b) register a trade mark or design which bears any emblem or name; or
(c) grant a patent in respect of an invention which bears
a title containing any emblem or name, if the use of such name or emblem would be in contravention of section 3.
If any dispute arises whether any emblem or name is a specified emblem or specified name or a colourable imitation
thereof, the competent authority shall refer the question to the Ruler in Council and the decision of the Ruler in Council shall be final.
Bahagian
-
Seksyen
5
Tajuk
Any person who contravenes the provision of section 3 commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit.
Bahagian
-
Seksyen
6
Tajuk
No prosecution for any offence punishable under this Enactment shall be instituted except with the previous sanction in writing of the Legal Adviser.
Bahagian
-
Seksyen
7
Tajuk
The Ruler in Council may, by notification in the Gazette, add to or alter the Schedule.
Disclaimer (Penafian):
Sebarang maklumat yang terkandung di dalam laman ini hendaklah dianggap sebagai maklumat am sahaja. Maklumat yang terdapat dalam laman ini tidak bermaksud untuk memberikan maklumat-maklumat berkenaan perundangan negeri Selangor yang komprehensif atau lengkap. Oleh yang demikian, pengguna adalah dinasihatkan agar mendapatkan bantuan profesional secara bebas.
Pejabat Dewan Negeri Selangor akan cuba memastikan agar laman web ini dan maklumat-maklumat yang terkandung di dalamnya adalah yang terkini dan tepat. Walau bagaimanapun, Pejabat Dewan Negeri Selangor tidak memberikan jaminan bahawa maklumat yang dipaparkan adalah maklumat yang terkini dan juga tidak memberikan jaminan terhadap ketepatan maklumat tersebut. Kerajaan Negeri Selangor, Pejabat Dewan Negeri Selangor atau mana-mana pegawai dan pekerjanya, tidak bertanggungjawab dan tidak menanggung sebarang risiko terhadap apa-apa kerugian (sama ada yang secara langsung atau tidak langsung) hasil daripada penggunaan laman web ini atau apa-apa maklumat yang terkandung di dalamnya.
