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(2) No trade mark which had been registered at the commencement of this Act shall
be removed from the Register on the ground that it was not registrable under the law in force
at the date of its registration and the trade mark shall remain in force in Swaziland for the
remainder of the unexpired period for which it was in force under the previous law..
(3) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as invalidating the original registration of a
trade mark which immediately before the commencement of this Act was validly registered.
(4) Where a person is registered as a registered user of a trade mark on an application
made within one year from the commencement of this Act, section 42(3) shall have effect in
relation to any previous use (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) of the
trade mark by that person, being use in relation to the goods or services in respect of which
he is registered and, where he is registered subject to conditions ·or restrictions, being use such
as to comply substantially therewith, as if that previous use had been permitted use.
Pending applications, proceedings, etc.
61. All applications for registration of trade marks and all other matters relating to trade
marks which, on the. commencement of this Act, are pending shall be governed by this Act
and.as if they had been made or arisen, as the case may be. under this Act.
Registration of Trade Marks Agents.
62. (1) Any person desirous of acting as an agent for an applicant, proprietor, registered
user or other person concerned in any proceeding or matter before or affecting the Registrar
under this Act and the Regulations, shall apply to the Registrar in the prescribed mariner to
be entered on the Register of Trade Marks Agents to be kept by the Registrar.
(2) The qualifications for a person to be entered on the Register of Trade Marks
Agents shall be as prescribed.
Disapplication oj Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Act, 1936.
63. The Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Act, 1936, shall, upon the commencement of
this Act) cease to apply to trade marks.