You can't start legal proceedings for certain crimes related to trade marks before the trade mark is officially registered. These specific crimes are listed in sections 120 to 124 of the law. This means that if someone does something wrong with a trade mark before it's registered, they can't be charged with these particular offences. The law wants to make sure that people are only held responsible for these crimes once a trade mark is officially on the books.
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No proceeding may be commenced for any offence against any of sections 120 to 124 that was committed before the actual date of registration of the trade mark concerned.
Repealed
