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| (1) Where after the coming into operation of this Act any officer or agent of the Crown infringes a patent, or infringes a registered trade mark, or infringes any copyright (including any copyright in a design subsisting under the Patents Ordinance or the Designs Ordinance) and the infringement is committed with the authority of the Crown, then, subject to the provisions of this Act, civil proceedings in respect of the infringement shall lie against the Crown. |
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| (2) Nothing in the preceding sub-section or in any other provisions of this Act shall affect the rights of the Minister under section 30 of the Patents Ordinance. |
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| (3) Save as expressly provided by this section, no proceedings shall lie against the Crown by virtue of this Act in respect of the infringement of a registered trade mark, or in respect of the infringement of any such copyright as is mentioned in sub-section (1) of this section. |
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