licence in accordance with the order.
(3) No order shall be made under this section which would be at
variance with any of the provisions of the Convention.
(4) An appeal shall lie from any order of the Registrar under this
section.
(As amended by G.N. No. 187 of 1964)
PART V
USE OF REGISTERED DESIGNS FOR SERVICES OF
THE STATE
18. (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, any Government
department or any person authorised in writing by the Minister may use
any registered design for the services of the State in accordance with the
provisions of this section.
(2) If and so far as the design has before the date of registration thereof
been duly recorded by or applied by or on behalf of a Government
department, otherwise than in consequence of the communication
thereof directly or indirectly by the registered proprietor or any person
from whom he derives title, any use of the design by virtue of this
section may be made free of any royalty or other payment to the
registered proprietor.
(3) If and so far as the design has not been so recorded or applied as
aforesaid, any use of the design made by virtue of this section at any
time after the date of registration thereof, or in consequence of any such
communication as aforesaid, shall be made upon such terms as may be
agreed upon, either before or after the use, between the Minister and the
registered proprietor with the approval of the Minister responsible for
finance, or as may in default of agreement be determined by the High
Court on a reference under subsection (1) of section twenty-one.
(4) The authority of the Minister in respect of a design may be given
under this section either before or after the design is registered and either
Use of
registered
designs for
services of the
State