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2 Cap. 394 No. ' 20 Merohandise Marks , 1963 "forged trade mark" ha. til. meaning assigned to it by section 4; "goods" means anything whiehia the' subject of trade. manufacture or merchandise; ' , '. "inspector" means any pcJ'6OJll ,' ",p.ppom , ' • ted by the , Minister to be an inspector for the purposeS oftliis Act; "label" includes any band or ticket; "Minister" means the Minister ~or the time being responsible for matters of commerce; , " ," ' "name" includes any abbreviation of a name; , ' , Utrade description" means any description. statement. or other indica­ tion. direct or indireot­ (a) as to the number. quantity. measure. gauge or weight of any goods; or (b) as to the standard of quality of any goods. according to a classification commonly used or recognized in the trade; or (c) as to the fitness for purpose; strength. performance or behaviour , , of any goods; or (d) , as to the place or country in which any aood~ W.cJ'o made or , produced; or , (e) as to the mode of manufacturing or producing any goods; or (f) as to the ,material of which any goods are composed; or (g) as to any goods being the &ul>ject of an e~tini pa~t. privilege or copyright; " ' ansi the use of any figure. word. or mark. which. according to the custom of the trade. is commonly taken to be an indication of any of the above matters shall be deemed to be a trade description within the meaning of this Act; "trade mark" has the meaning assigned thereto in the Trade Marks Ordinance. ' (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the definitions contained ' subsection (1). a trade description (to WhichtNM of the matters mentionM in the delinition <>t "'trade def.icdptiQp" it1'01ates) $baU be deemed for the purposes of this Act: 'to be a fal$" trade description if it ~ likely to be m.i~understm>d al>~ ot mistl\~ fOr. an jndication as to .the same or some other such matter which wOllld befjlse,or misleading lri a material respect as regards the goods to which the,description is applied. and ~ything likely to be, misunderstMdas. 'MJitistaken for. an indica­ tionof any of those ma,ttersshall be dtJemedifor tbOfiepurposes 'to be a trade description. (3) The customs entry relating 't o ' :intportedfoods shall• .for the purposes of this Act. be deemed to be atradedescriptiori ' applied to those goods. ' , PART 11 in FORGERY AND DECEPTIVE ApPLICATIoN" OF 'JlrU.DE MARKS. ETC. Forging or falsely applymga trade mark or description an offence $. Every person who-,.,-. (JI.) forges an.y trade mark; .Qr .' '" (b) falsely applies to gl'Ods any tmde :..~d~ or any mark,p ,nearly rl!Sembling a uade m$"k I$to,'" ' lik~y 'w deceive; 01" ", (c) 1l1aikesuny die. black. mt.CIhine. Or ~ instrument,:for th~ purpose of forging~orofbeinguud fotforgiDg. a ttaido 'mar1t;or

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