Section 11, The Geneva Conventions Act, 2012

(1) Subsection(1) of section 10 shall not apply to a trademark registered in Sierra Leone before the 1st day of September 1959 because it consists of or contains a design or wording which reproduces or resembles an emblem or designation specified in paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (1) of section 10. (2) Where a person is charged with using a design prescribed in subsection (1) or wording for any purpose, and it is proved that he used it otherwise than as, or part of , a registered trade mark it shall be a defence to prove– (a) that he has lawfully used that design or wording in Sierra Leone for that purpose continuously before the 1st day of September 1959; (b) in a case where he is charged with using the design or wording on goods, that the design or wording had been applied to the goods before he acquired them by some other person who had manufactured or dealt with the goods in the course of trade, and who has lawfully used the design or wording in Sierra Leone on similar goods continuously since before the 1st day of September 1959. Savings. No. 14 Geneva Conventions Act 2012 No. 14 Geneva Conventions Act 201214 15 P RINTED AND P UBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT P RINTING D EPARTMENT , S IERRA LEONE. G AZETTE NO . 74 OF 20TH D ECEMBER, 2012.