Hong Kong Ordinances

TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE - SECT 73

Power to specify official journal, etc.

(1) The Registrar may from time to time, by notice published in the Gazette,
specify a publication to be the official journal of record for the purposes of
this Ordinance, with effect as of the date specified in the notice.

(2) Where a publication is specified under subsection (1), every notice,
request, document or other matter required by this Ordinance or the rules to
be published in the official journal shall, from the effective date specified
in the notice, be published in the publication so specified, and any reference
in this Ordinance or the rules to the official journal shall be construed
accordingly.

(3) The Registrar may publish or cause to be published a journal in which
there may be published such documents and information relating to trade marks
as the Registrar thinks fit.

(4) For the avoidance of doubt, the Registrar may specify the Gazette or the
journal referred to in subsection (3) to be the official  journal of record.

(5) A publication specified under subsection (1) and the journal referred to
in subsection (3) need not be in a documentary form.

(6) A notice published under subsection (1) shall not be regarded as
subsidiary legislation for the purpose of section 34 of the
Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance ( Cap 1).