with and concluded in every respect as if the laws had not been
repealed.
PART 7
GENERAL (ss 16-18)
16.
Repeal of Acts
The laws mentioned in the Schedule are hereby repealed.
17.
Extension of terms
Any act required to be performed within a specified time in any of the
Territorial Acts in respect of any proceedings relating to a patent, registered
design or trade mark or in respect of any application therefor may be
performed within that period of time or within six months calculated from the
date on which this Act comes into operation, whichever is the later: Provided
that these provisions shall not extend the due date for the payment of a
renewal fee under any Territorial Act.
18.
Short title and commencement
This Act shall be called the Intellectual Property Laws Rationalisation Act,
1996, and shall come into operation on a date fixed by the President by
proclamation in the Gazette.
Schedule
Number and year of law
1.
Bophuthatswana
Act 37 of 1952
Act 62 of 1963
Act 63 of 1965
Act 57 of 1967
2.
3.
4.
Short title
Patents Act, 1952
Trade Marks Act, 1963
Copyright Act, 1965
Designs Act, 1967
Transkei
Act 37 of 1952
Act 62 of 1963
Act 63 of 1965
Act 57 of 1967
Patents Act, 1952
Trade Marks Act, 1963
Copyright Act, 1965
Designs Act, 1967
Venda
Act 62 of 1963
Act 57 of 1967
Act 57 of 1978
Act 98 of 1978
Trade Marks Act, 1963
Designs Act, 1967
Patents Act, 1978
Copyright Act, 1978
Ciskei
Act 98 of 1978
Copyright Act, 1978