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445 PDFTitle:LAYOUT-DESIGN (TOPOGRAPHY) OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS ORDINANCEGazette Number:22 of 1999
Section:19Heading:Government use of protected layout-designs (topographies)Version Date:01/07/1997
Remarks:

Amendments retroactively made - see 22 of 1999 s. 3

(1) During a period of declared extreme urgency a public officer authorized in writing by the Chief Executive may without the consent of a qualified owner- (Amended 22 of 1999 s. 3)

        (a) do anything for the purpose of acquiring protected layout-designs (topographies) for the non-exclusive use of the Government for use in Hong Kong; or
        (b) dispose of protected layout-designs (topographies).
(2) A person who acquires from a public officer a protected layout-design (topography) disposed of under subsection (1) may deal with it in the same manner as if the Government were the owner of the protected layout-design (topography).
(Enacted 1994)