Section 12: Prohibition of registration in certain cases
The Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority Act, 1996 · Departmental Laws · Legal status not independently verified
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12. Prohibition of registration in certain cases.— (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time bing is force, no registering body shall register any company, firm or any body or persons or a trade mark or design or grant a patent, in respect of an invention which hears a title containing any name or mark in contravention of provision of sections 10 or 11. (2) Where any question arises before a registering authority whether the use of any name or mark is in contravention of section 10 or section 11, the registering authority may refer the question to the Federal Government whose decision thereon shall be final.
Effective date: 1996-01-01
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