Section 60, The Trade Marks Act, 2014

(1) The Trade Marks Act and the Merchandise Marks Act are hereby repealed. (2) The repeal of the Acts referred to in subsection (1) (repealed Acts) shall not affect the validity of any mark or other right that was vested in any person by virtue of those Acts and those rights shall continue to be enforceable as if they were conferred (3) Notwithstanding the repeal of the repealed Acts– (a) any regulation made under the repealed Acts and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue in force until amended or revoked under this Act; (b) any appointment made under the repealed Acts and valid at the commencement of this Act shall remain valid as if made under the corresponding provision of this Act until terminated or otherwise dealt with under this Act. (4) Notwithstanding the repeal of the repealed Acts, until such time that the Agency becomes operational under the enactment establishing it, the existing administrative arrangement for trade marks management and administration, shall remain valid, and subsisting and all powers to be vested in the Agency shall be duly exercised in accordance with the corresponding provisions of this Act, by the existing administrative structures for trade marks administration. (5) Until such time that the Tribunal is duly established and operational under the Agency Act, the High Court shall exercise the jurisdiction and powers conferred on the Tribunal under this Act. Regulations. Repeal of Cap. 244 and Cap. 245 and savings. Offences by bodies of persons. No. 8 The Trade Marks Act, 2014No. 8 The Trade Marks Act, 201430 31