Merchandise Marks Act, 1931

PART VII.

Miscellaneous and general.

Adaptation of the Principal Act and the Merchandise Marks Act, 1911.

29.—(1) Every mention or reference to the United Kingdom in the Principal Act and the Merchandise Marks Act, 1911, shall be construed and take effect as a mention of or reference to Saorstát Eireann.

(2) The reference to Her Majesty in paragraph (iii.) of sub-section (3) of section 2 of the Principal Act shall be construed and take effect as a reference to the State.

(3) The reference to goods of foreign manufacture in sub-section (1) of section 16 of the Principal Act shall be construed and take effect as a reference to goods manufactured outside Saorstát Eireann.

(4) Every mention of or reference to the Commissioners of Customs in section 16 of the Principal Act shall be construed and take effect as a mention of or reference to the Revenue Commissioners.

(5) The reference to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury in sub-section (6) of section 16 of the Principal Act shall be construed and take effect as a reference to the Minister for Finance.

(6) The reference to the London Gazette in sub-section (8) of section 16 of the Principal Act shall be construed and take effect as a reference to the Iris Oifigiúil.

(7) The reference to publication in the Board of Trade Journal in sub-section (8) of section 16 of the Principal Act shall cease to have effect.

(8) Every reference to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise in the Merchandise Marks Act, 1911, shall be construed and take effect as a reference to the Revenue Commissioners.