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Rh (3) No proceedings shall be maintainable in respect of any claim for compensation on any of the grounds referred to in subsection (1) unless the proceedings are commenced—
 * (a) in the case of a claim for compensation in respect of goods released to their owner by order of a court or magistrate or by any person having authority to release the goods to him, not later than 6 months after the release thereof;
 * (b) in the case of a claim for compensation on the ground that any goods were lost during the detention thereof, not later than 6 months after—
 * (i) the discovery by the owner of the existence of such ground; or
 * (ii) the date on which the owner could, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, have discovered the existence of such ground,
 * whichever is the earlier.

36. (1) The Merchandise Marks Ordinance is repealed.

(2) The Merchandise Marks (Official Prosecutions) Regulations and the Merchandise Marks (Seizure of Prohibited Goods) Regulations are revoked.

37. (1) Section 20 of the Agriculture Pesticides Ordinance is amended by deleting “the Merchandise Marks Ordinance” and substituting the following— “the Trade Descriptions Ordinance 1980”.

(2) The Second Schedule to the Customs and Excise Service Ordinance is amended by deleting “Merchandise Marks Ordinance” and substituting the following— “Trade Descriptions Ordinance 1980”. Rh

and so in proportion for any other number of carats.

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 3rd day of December 1980.

This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.