BILL

[AS AMENDED BY STANDING COMMITTEE B]

To require an indication of origin to be given in the case of certain imported goods.

Presented by Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, supported by

Mr. Secretary Amery,

Secretary Sir William Joynson-Hicks,
Mr. Guinness, Colonel Sir John Gilmour, and
Sir Burton Chadwick.

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 29 July 1926.

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LORDS AMENDMENTS

TO THE

MERCHANDISE MARKS (IMPORTED GOODS) BILL.

[NOTE. The page and line refer to Bill (176) as
first printed by the Lords.]

Page 1.

Line 7, leave out ("distribute by way of advertise"ment") and insert ("by way of advertising goods of some other kind distribute")

Page 2.

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Line 3, leave out ("having ") and insert (" appearing "to the Board of Trade to have ")

Lines 33 and 34, leave out ("in this Act referred to as a committee'")

Page 4.

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Line 27, leave out from ("recommend") to ("should") in line 28, and insert ("what should "be the form of the indication of origin and in "what manner it ")

Line 40, after the first ("date") insert (" on which "the Order is to come into force ")

Page 5.

Lines 6 and 7, leave out (" on which the Order is to come into force ")

Page 7.

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Line 26, leave out ("that person ") and insert ("the person charged with the offence ")

(2)

Page 8.

Lines 5 and 6, leave out (" draft of the Order is laid before Parliament") and insert ("Order was "made")

Page 11.

Line 28, at end insert ("Committee' means a "committee appointed for the purposes of this "Act")

Page 12.

Line 3, after the first ("in ") insert ("a")

Lines 15 and 16, leave out (" in a conspicuous form ") and insert ("conspicuously")

Line 16, at end insert:

("Provided that, in the case of goods produced or manufactured in the United Kingdom which have undergone in any particular country abroad any treatment or process resulting in a substantial change in the goods, the indication of origin may at the option of the person applying it be given either by using in conjunction with the word 'foreign' or the word Empire,' as the case requires, words descriptive of that treatment or process or by a definite indication that the treatment or process was undergone in that particular country.")

Page 13.

Line 7, leave out ("four") and insert ("five")

Lines 25 and 26, leave out ("appointed for the purposes of this Act ")

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Page 14.

Line 4, after (" nine ") insert ("or section ten")