'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;