ACT 291
PATENT ACT 1983
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PREMBLE
An Act to make better provisions in the law relating to patents and for other matters connected therewith.
[1 October 1986, PU(B) 500/1986]
BE IT ENACTED by the Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong with the advice and consent of the Dewan Negara and Dewan Rakyat in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
PART I PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, commencement and application
(1) This Act may be cited as the Patents Act 1983 and shall come into force on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
(2) This Act shall apply throughout Malaysia.
