Regulation 13. Marks subject to statutory restriction. (TRADE MARKS REGULATIONS 1997

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P.U.(A) 460/97
TRADE MARKS REGULATIONS 1997

PART IV - REGISTRABLE TRADE MARKS

Regulation 13. Marks subject to statutory restriction.

(1) The Registrar shall refuse to accept any application for the registration of a mark upon which any of the following appears:

(a) the words "To counterfeit this is a forgery", "Registered Trade Mark", "Registered Service Mark", or any words to the like effect in any language;

(b) the words "Bunga Raya" and the representations of the hibiscus or any colourable imitation thereof;

(c) representations of or words referring to Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Ruler of a State or any colourable imitation thereof;

(d) the representations of any of the royal palaces or of any building owned by the Federal Government or State Government or any other government or any colourable imitation thereof;

(e) the word "ASEAN" and the representation of the ASEAN logotype or any colourable imitation thereof;

(f) the words "Red Crescent" or "Geneva Cross" and representations of the Red Crescent, the Geneva Cross and other crosses in red, or of the Swiss Federal Cross in white or silver on a red ground, or such representations in a similar colour or colours.

(2) Where there appears in a trade mark, the registration of which is applied for, a representation of a crescent or a cross in any colour, not being one of those mentioned in paragraph (1)(f), the Registrar may require the applicant, as a condition of acceptance, to undertake not to use the crescent or cross device in red, or in white or silver on a red ground, or in any similar colour or colours.