Merchandise Marks Act, 1970

Increase of certain penalties.

9.—(1) Section 2 (3) of the Merchandise Marks Act, 1887 , is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (ii) of the following paragraph:

“(ii) on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds; and”.

(2) Section 8 (3) of the Merchandise Marks Act, 1887 , is hereby amended by the substitution of “one hundred pounds” for “twenty pounds”.

(3) Section 23 of the Merchandise Marks Act, 1931 , is hereby amended by the substitution of “to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds” for “, in the case of a first offence to a fine not exceeding five pounds, and in the case of a second or any subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds”.