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L.N. 70 of
1967.
TRADE MARKS REGULATIONS 1967
(made under sections 42 and 45)
Commencement: 18th July, 1967
Short title.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Trade Marks
Regulations.
Interpretation
Interpretation.
Cap. 436.
Cap. 204.
2. (1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby
assigned to them respectively, that is to say"Act" means the Trade Marks Act;
"agent" means an agent duly authorised to the satisfaction of
the Registrar;
"Journal" means the Trade Mark Journal published under
section 63 of the Act;
"Legal Practitioner" has the meaning assigned to it by the
Legal Practitioners Act;
"Office" means the Office of the Registrar 'of Trade Marks,
Federal Capital Territory Abuja, Nigeria;
"Schedule" means one of the schedules appended to these
Regulations;
"section" means a section of the Act;
"specification" means the designation of goods in respect of
which a trade mark, or a registered user of a trade mark,
is registered or proposed to be registered.
(2) In these Regulations, "the appropriate authority", in
relation to a power or function conferred by or under the Act
or these Regulations, means the National Assembly or such
other authority or public officer upon whom such power or
function is vested or delegated according to law.
Fees
3. The fees to be paid in relation to trade marks shall be
those prescribed in the First Schedule to these Regulations;
and such fees shall be paid to the Registrar who shall pay all
fees received by him pursuant to these Regulations to the
Treasury.
Note: The measurements in these regulations are in English measurements and may be
converted into the metric system when required.
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Fees.