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'device' means any visual representation or illustration capable of being reproduced upon a surface, whether by printing or otherwise, but does not include a trade mark; [Definition of 'device' inserted by s. 1 (c) of Act 38 of 1997 and substituted by s. 1 (b) of Act 50 of 2001.] 'document' means recorded information regardless of form or medium; [Definition of 'document' inserted by s. 1 (c) of Act 38 of 1997.] 'event' means any exhibition, show or competition of a sporting, recreational or entertainment nature which is(a) held or to be held in public; (b) likely to attract the attention of the public or to be newsworthy; and (c) financed or subsidised by commercial sponsorship, and includes any broadcast of such exhibition, show or competition; [Definition of 'event' inserted by s. 1 (a) of Act 61 of 2002.] 'false trade description' means any trade description which is false in a material respect as regards the goods to which it is applied, and includes every alteration of a trade description, whether by way of addition, effacement or otherwise, if that alteration makes the description false in a material respect; [Definition of 'false trade description' substituted by s. 1 (d) of Act 38 of 1997.] 'Gazette' ...... [Definition of 'Gazette' inserted by s. 1 (a) of Act 39 of 1952 and deleted by s. 1 of Ac t 49 of 1996.] 'goods' means anything which is the subject of trade or manufacture; 'inspector' means(a) any member as defined in section 1 of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act 68 of 1995), of or above the rank of sergeant; (b) the Commissioner for Customs and Excise or any officer as defined in section 1 (1) of the Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (Act 91 of 1964); (c) any officer appointed under section 3; [Definition of 'inspector' substituted by s. 1 (f) of Act 38 of 1997.] 'label' includes any band or ticket; 'mark' means any sign capable of being represented graphically, and includes a device, name, signature, word, letter, numeral, shape, configuration, pattern, ornamentation, colour or container for goods or any combination of the aforementioned, but does not include a trade mark; [Definition of 'mark' substituted by s. 1 (c) of Act 50 of 2001.] 'Minister' means the Minister of Trade and Industry;

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