SCHEDULES

C1SCHEDULE 3 Registered designs: minor and consequential amendments of 1949 Act

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Sch. 3 extended (with modifications) (Isle of Man) (9.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3678, art. 3, Sch. 3

Section 35A: offence by body corporate - liability of officers

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In the Registered Designs Act 1949 after section 35 insert—

35A Offence by body corporate: liability of officers.

1

Where an offence under this Act committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

2

In relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members “director” means a member of the body corporate.

2

The above amendment does not apply in relation to offences committed before the commencement of Part IV.