officials, including customs officials, if necessary with the aid of an expert, to make a detailed
inventory and description, with or without seizure, of the allegedly infringing objects.
(2) The order shall be made on request and on presentation of the certificate of
registration of the utility model and the provision of proof of non-lapse.
(3) Where seizure is involved, the said order may require the complainant to furnish
security, which he shall be required to provide before seizure is effected. The security shall
be sufficient but not such as would discourage recourse to the procedure.
(4) Security shall always be required of foreigners seeking seizure.
(5) The person in possession of the objects described or seized shall be given a copy of
the order and, where appropriate, of the document attesting the deposit of security, on pain of
invalidity and damages against the bailiff or the public or ministerial official or the customs
official, as the case may be.
Article 48
Time Limit for Initiating Substantive Proceedings
Should the complainant fail to take action under either civil or criminal law within a
period of ten working days from the seizure or inventory, the said seizure or inventory shall
become void as of right, without prejudice to any damages that may be claimed.
Article 49
Other Sanctions
(1) The confiscation of recognized infringing objects and, where necessary, that of
implements or tools specially intended for their manufacture shall, even in the case of
acquittal, be ordered against the infringer, the receiver, the introducer or the retailer.
(2) The objects confiscated may be handed over to the owner of the utility model,
without prejudice to the right to further damages and publication of the judgment, where
appropriate.
TITLE VII
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 50
Acquired Rights
(1) This Annex shall apply to utility model applications filed as from the date of its
entry into force, subject to the rights acquired under Annex II of the Bangui Agreement of
March 2, 1977.
(2) Utility model applications filed prior to the date of entry into force of this Annex
shall remain subject to the provisions that were applicable on the filing date of the said
applications.
(3) However, the exercise of the rights deriving from utility model registrations granted
under the provisions referred to in paragraph (2) above shall be subject to the provisions of
this Annex as from the date of its entry into force, subject to acquired rights, which shall be
maintained.
(4) Annex II of the Bangui Agreement of March 2, 1977, is repealed.
[Annex III follows.]