Section 4Section 4

s. 4

4 (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no competent authority shall- (a) register a trade-mark or design which bears a name or an emblem, (b) register a company or firm or other body of persons which bears a name, or (c) grant a patent in respect of an invention which bears in its title a name. (2) If any question arises whether or not a trade-mark or design bears an emblem, the competent authority shall refer it to the Government whose decision thereon shall be final.