WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE 
ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights IP/NllIGHAlD11 
27 February 2002 
(02-0976) 
Original: English/ 
anglais/ 
ingles 
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
LA WS AND REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER 
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
GHANA 
The present document reproduces the textl of the following laws and regulations as notified by Ghana 
under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IPINIlIGHA/l). 
United Kingdom Designs (Protection) Ordinance of 1928 (Chapter 182) 
Textile Designs (Registration) Decree, 1973 
intcllcdueHe qui touchent au commerce 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET REGLEMENTATIONS CONSACREES A LA 
PROPRIETE INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIEES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
GHANA Page 
2 
3 
Le present document contient le texteJ des 101s et reglementations ci-apres, notifiees par le Ghana au 
titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document IPIN/l/GHAIl). 
Page 
Ordonnance de 1928 sur les dessins et modeles proteges au Royaume-Uni (chapitre 182) 2 
Decret de 1973 sur l'enregistrement des dessins de textiles 3 
Intelectmd relacionados con cl Comercio 
PRlNCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DE.DICADOS A LA 
PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD 
DEL P ARRAFO 2 DEL ARTiCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
GHANA 
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 de las siguientes leyes y reglamentos notificados por 
Ghana en virtud del parrafo 2 del articulo 63 del Acuerdo (vease el documento IPIN/I/GHA/l). 
Pagina 
Ordenanza (de Protecci6n) de Dibujos y Modelos del Reino Unido de 1928 (capitulo 182) 2 
Decreto (de Registro) de los Dibujos 0 Modelos Textiles, 1973 3 
! In English only'/En anglais seulement.lEn ingles solamente. IP/N/I/GHA/DIl 
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14cCarthy 
Cap .. 161. 
Ordinanc$s 
:Nos" 
23 of 1928 
22 of 1932 
LW. of 1949" 
1.)ate of 
Commence­
ment .. 
Short title. 
Extension 
tottle 
Gold Coast of 
privileges 
and rights 
enjoyed under 
7 Edw,,7. 
c .. 29 and 9 
and 10 Geo .. V .. 
c.80 .. 
protection 
of persons 
1ini.nt elj';" . 
tional1y 
infringing 
copyright in 
designs .. 
Proviso .. 
Power to Court 
to declare 
that copyright 
in a design 
has not been 
acquired in 
the Gold Coast .. CHAPTER 182 
UNITED KINGDOM DESIGNS (PROTECTION) 
( Gold Coast) 
AN OIWINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PTOfEGTION. 
IN THE GOLD COAST OF DESIGNS ftEGISTERED IN 
'i'HE UNI'rlm KnmOOtvL. 
(Amended by 41 of 1949, s .. 2 .. ) 
[9th November, 1928.] 
1.. This Ordinance may be cited as the lIunited Kingdom Designs 
{;Protoo.tion) Ordinance .. " (Substituted by 41 of 1949, s .. 3 .. ) 
2.. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the 
registered proprietor of any design registered in the United 
Kingdom under the Patents and Designs Acts, 1907 and 1919? 
or any act amending or subslUtuted for t,h058 Acts, shall enjoy 
in the Gold Coast the like privileges and rights as though 
the Certificate of Registration in the United Kingdom had 
been is,Jued with an extension tot.he Gold Coast .. 
(Amended by LW. of 1949, 5.4.) 
3" The registered proprietor of a design shall not be 
entitled to recover any damages in respect of any infringe­
ment of copyright in a design from any defendant who proves 
that at the date of infringement he was not aware nor had 
any reasonable means of making himself aware of the existence 
oi' the registration of' the design: 
Provided that nothing in this section shall affect any 
proceedings for an injunction. 
4.. The Court shall have pOliJer upon the application of dny 
person viho alleges that his interests have been prejudicially 
affect.edr to declare that ex.clusive privileges and rights 
have not been acquired in the Gold Coast under the provisions 
of this Ordinance, upon any of the grounds upon which the 
United Kingdom registration might be cancelled under the lalil 
for the time being in force in the United Kingdom.. guch 
grounds shall be deemed to include the publication o.f the 
designs in the Gold Coast prior to the date of registration 
of the design in the United ltingdom.. (Amended by 22 of 1932 
and 41 of 1949, 0 .. 4.) TExtILE DESIGNS (REGISTRATION). DECREE, 1973 
IN pursuance of the provisions of the National Redemption Council 
(Establishment) Proclamation, 1972 this Decree is hereby made: IPfNl1lGHA/DI1 
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1. The Registrar sl1all .. maintain for the purposes of this Decree Register of • Textile a register to be known as the Register of Textile Designs in this Designs. 
Decree referred to as « the Register". 
2. (I) ·Subject to. the other provisions of this Decree, a textile T~tile 
· debign may, upon appl1cation made by the person cli:!.iming to be the ~e;i:ir!bl 
proprietor, be registered under this Decree in respect of any textile ~der thee 
article or textile articles specified in the application. Decree. 
(2) SUbject to the other provisions of this Decree, a textile 
design shall not be registered-
(a) if it has been copied exactly from a design belonging 
to a registered proprietor; 
(b) if it is similar to. any textile design in such a way as to 
be likely to mislead purchasers in Ghana or to damage 
the business of any registered proprietor of a textile 
design; 
Cc) if it differs from another textile design only in 
immaterial details or in features which are varian~ 
commonly used the trade; or 
(d) if the design is substantially made up of well-known 
indigenous traditional motifs. 
3. (1) An application for the registration of a textile design shall Application 
be made on the prescribed form and shall be lodged with the ~r . tr f 
Registrar in the prescribed manner. egls a Ion. 
(2) For the purpose of deciding whether a textile design is 
· registrable the Registrar may make such searches, if any, ;md request 
such information as he may think fit. 
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Decree, the Registrar may 
refuse any application for registration of a textile design, or may 
accept it absolutely or subject to such amendments modifications 
limitations or conditions, if any, as he may think fit. 
(4) Where separate applications are made by different persons 
to be regist©red as proprietors respectively of textile designs that are 
identical or· are so similar as to be likely to mislead purchasers in 
. Ghana if used by more than one proprietor, the Registrar shall after 
· such investigations as to authorship of the design as he may think 
fit or where there is 1;10 evidence to establish authorship, grant 
registration toJhe applicant who first lodged his application with the Registrar. .... . 
(5) In the case of refusal or conditional acceptance, the Registrar 
shall, if required by the applicant, state in writing the grounds of his 
decision, and the materials used by him in arriving thereat and the 
decision shall be subject to appeal to the High Court in this Decree 
referred to as .. the Court". . 
Disclaimer. -4 The Registrar may for the purposes of section 3 request an 
applicant to disclaim part or parts of a textile design submitted for 
registration. IP/N/l/GHAIDI1 
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Associated 
Textile 
Designs. 
Notice of 
application 
to be 
published 
in the 
Gazette. 5. Where a textile design which is the subject of an application 
for registration, differs from another textile design of the same 
proprietor that is registered, or is the subject of a pending application 
for registration only in immaterial details or in features which are 
variants used in the trade, or is similar to such other design in such 
a way as to be likely to mislead purchasers in Ghana if used by a 
person other than the proprietor, the Registrar shall not refuse 
the application but shaU require that the textile design be entered 
. on the register as associated textile designs: 
Provided that the period of copyright in the design shall not 
extend beyond the expiration of the original registered design. 
6. (1) When an application for registration of a textile design has 
been accepted, whether absolutely or subject to conditions or 
limitations, the Registrar shall, as soon as possible cause notice of 
the acceptance of the application to be published in the Gazette. 
(2) Any person may, withiP the n;r:es.Qribed. tim~ from the date 
of the Gazette notice of an applicatioi1~ give notiCe to the Registrar 
of his opposition to the registration. 
(3) The notice referred to in subsection (2) of this section shaH 
be given in writing in the prescribed manner, and shall include a 
statement of the grounds of such opposition. 
(4) The Registrar shall send a copy of the notice to the appli­
. cant, who shall within the prescribed time, send to the Registrar in 
the prescribed manner, a counter-statement stating the grounds on 
which he relies for his application, and, if he does not do so, he 
shall be deemed to have abandoned the application. 
(5) If the applicant sends a counter-statement under subsection 
(4) of this section, the Registrar shall furnish a copy thereof to the 
person giving notice of opposition and shall, after hearing the parties, 
if so requested, and considering the evidence, decide whether, and 
subject to what conditions or limitations, if any. registration is to be 
permitted and shall notifY the applicant and the opponent accord­
ingly. 
(6) The applicant or the opponent may, subject, to theprovi­
sions of this section, appeaUo the Court against the decision of the Itegistrar.· . . , . 
(7) A person· desiring to appeal against a decision of the 
Registrar under this· section must 'apply to the Registrar within the 
prescribed. time after the. date of notification of the decision of the 
Registrar, fora written statement of thegrounds,of rus decision. 
(8) On the appeal the Court may hear the· parties and the 
Registrar and shall make an order deterniinirig whether, and hubject 
to, what conditions or limitations,· if any, registration is to be per­
mitted; 
, ' '(9) Except by lea~e of the Court, no· appeal against a decision 
of the Registrar un4er this section shan be made except within a 
period of two months from the date of dispatch to the applicant of 
the statement in writing referred to in subsection (7) of this section 
Qr within:· such. further period not exceeding three· months as the 
Registrar may allow upon request received before the expiration of 
the said period of two months. . . 
(10) On the hearing of an. appeal against a decisi~n of the 
Registrar imder this .section any party :may, by speCial leave of the 
Court, bring forward further material for the consideration of the Court. . . . Right given 
by the 
registration. 
Period of 
copyright 
and 
renewal of 
registration. IP/NIIIGHAIDI! 
(11) ·On appeal against a decision of the Regis~rar under this 
$eCtion . no further grounds of objection to the' registration of a 
textile design shall be allowed to be taken by the opponent or the 
Registrar, other than those stated under subsection (3) of this section 
by the oPl'0nent, except by leave of the Court~ . 
,. (12) Where any further grounds of objection are taken under 
~ubsection (11) of this section the applicant is entitled to withdraw 
his application without payment of the costs. of the opponent on 
giving, the prescribed notice. 
(Dj On an appeal against a decision of the Registrar under 
this section the Court may, after hearing the Registrar •. permit the 
textile design proposed to be registered to be modified in any manner 
not affecting substantially the identity thereof, and thereafter the 
modified textile design shaH be registered subject to the provisions 
of this Decree. 
7. 0) When an application for registration of a textile design Registra­
has been ,accepted, the Registrar shall. unless the ~pplication has tion. 
been"accepfed: . in eITQr, upon the, payment of the prescribed fee' 
register the textile design. 
(2) Where the Registrar registers a design under tms DeCree~ 
(0) he shall issue a certificate of registration to the person' 
claiming to be the proprietor who shall thereafter be· 
referred to as the "registered proprietor" and be 
. entered as such in the register; and 
(b) he shaH specify the date from which the registration 
is to take effect which, in the absence of circumstances 
considered by him to be special, shall be the date of the 
application for. registration. 
S. The registration of a textile design under this Decree'shall give 
to the registered proprietor of such design, the copyright therein, 
that is to say, the exclusive right in Ghana to make or import for 
sale· or for use for the purposes of any trade or business, or to sen, 
hire or 'offer for sale or hire, any textile article in respect of which the 
textile design is registered: 
Provided that the registration of a textile design which includes 
any indigenous traditional motifs as descril>ed in subsection (2) (d) 
of section 2 of this Decree shall not give rise to the exclusive use of 
those motifs. 
9. (1)· The copyright in a registered design shall, subject to the 
provisions of this Decree subsist lor ,a period of five years and shall 
be renewable for two further penods of five years each. 
(2) The Registrar shall on application made by the registered 
proprietor in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed 
period, and on payment of the prescribed fee in this Decree referred 
to as the "renewal fee" renew the registration of a textile design 
for a period of five years from the. date of the expiration of the 
original period or of the last renewal date as the case may, be. 
'(3) The Registrar may send a notice the prescribed manner 
to the registered proprietor three months before the expiration of 
the last registration informing him of the date of the expiration. 
(4) If at the expiration of the prescribed time the registered 
proprietor has not paid the renewal fees aforesaid the Registrar 
shall remove the textile design from the register. 
(5) Failure to remove the design from the register by the 
Registrar at the expiry date shaH not give to the registered proprietor 
any copyright in the design after that date.' . Page 5 JPlNl1lGHA/D/l 
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(6) Where a textile design has been removed from the register 
for non-payment of renewal fee it shall nevertheless for the purpose 
of any application for the registration of a textile design during o?e 
year· next after the date of the. removal· be deemed to. be a. textIle 
design that is already on the register. 
10. (1) The Registrar may on application made in that behalf Ass!gnrnent 
register the assignment in whole or in part of the title to a textile of tltle. 
design registered under this Decree in the name of a registered 
proprietor to a person to whom such title has been assigned in whole 
or in part by such proprietor. 
(2) The Registrar may on application made ID that behalf 
by a person who has been granted a licence (hereafter in this Decree 
caned " the licensee ") by the registered proprietor to use the design 
subject to such conditions, if any, enter his name, the particulars 
relating to his interest in the design and the date from which the 
licence is to take effect. 
(3) Registered associated textile designs shaH be assignable 
and transmissible only as a whole, and not separately, but shaU for 
all other purposes be deemed to have been registered as separate 
textile designs. 
U. (1) Copyright in a textile design registered under this Decree 
shall subsist in the registered proprietor until the registration is 
cancelled under this Decree by the Registrar. 
(2) Registration of a textile design shall be cancelled by the 
Registrar for any of the following reasons:-
(a) upon request by the registered proprietor; 
(b) if in the opinion of the Registrar such registration 
should be cancelled in the public interest; 
(c) if the prescribed fees for registration and renewal 
have not been paid; 
(d) after successful cancellation proceedings instituted by 
a third party; 
(e) if the application for registration has been accepted 
in error; 
(f) for contravention on the part of the registered pro­
prietor of any of the provisions of this Decree or 
regulations under this Decree. 
12. (1) When an application is made to the Court or to the 
Registrar by any person aggrieved, a registered textile design may 
be cancelled from the register for any of the following reasons:-
(a) that the design has been copied exactly from a textile 
design belonging to a different proprietor which is 
currently registered under this Decree; 
(b) that the design is similar to a textile design belonging 
to a different proprietor which is currently registered 
under this Decree in such a way as to be likely to 
mislead purchasers in Ghana or damage his business; 
(c) that the design differs from a textile design belonging 
to a different proprietor which is currently registered 
under this Decree only in immaterial details or in 
features which are variants commonly used in the trade; 
(d) that the registered proprietor is not the proprietor of 
. the textile design as defined in this Decree; Cancellation 
of 
Registration. 
Rectification 
of Register. Rectification 
of register in 
relation to 
assignee or 
licensee. fP!N!lIGHA/D/l 
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(e) that the registration of the textile design was obtained 
by fraud. 
(2) Except in a case where the reason alleged for cancellation 
of a textile design from the register is the reason set out in paragraph 
(e) of subsection (1) of this section, no application for cancellation 
under subsection (1) of this section shall be entertained unless it is 
made within five years from the date specified in subsection (2) (b) 
of section 7 in relation to the registration of the textile design 
concerned. 
(3) Mter the expiration of the said period of five years the 
original registration of the textile design shall be taken to be valid 
in all respects unless that registration has been obtained by fraud. 
(4) The Court or the Registrar may upon an application 
made under this section and after such inquiry as may ba ne:.oess2ry, 
make such order for maintaining, expunging or varying the registra­
tion of a textile design as may be deemed fit. 
(5) A..'1y Court order rectifying the register made under this 
section shaH direct that notice of the rectification be served in the 
prescribed manner on the Registrar, and the Registrar shall on 
receipt of the notice rectify the register accordingly_ 
(6) Any party to proceedings before the Registrar under this 
section may appeal from the decision of the Registrar under this 
Decree to the Court. 
13. (1) The Court or the Registrar may, on the applicatioll by 
any person aggrieved, order the register of textile designs to be 
rectified by the making or variation or deletion of any entry therein 
relating to the title of any assignee or licensee. 
(2) In any proceedings under this section the Court or the 
Registrar may determine any question which may be deemed 
necessary or expedient in connection with the rectification of the 
register. 
(3) Notice of any application to the Court under this section 
shall be given in the prescribed manner to the Registrar who shall 
be entitled to appear and be heard on the· application, and shall 
appear if so directed by the Court. 
(4) Any order made by the Court under this section shall 
direct that notice of the order shall be served on the Registrar in the 
prescribed manner and the Registrar shall, on receipt of the notice, 
rectify the register accordingly_ 
14. (1) The Registrar may, in accordance with the provisions of Power to 
this section, correct any error in an application for the registration correct 
or any error in the register of textile designs. errors. 
(2) A correction may be made in pursuance of this section 
either upon a request in writing made by any person interested and 
accompanied by the prescribed fee, or by the Registrar on his own 
and without such a request: 
Provided that the correction shall not be allowed if it will 
substantially change the design. 
15. In any appeal under this Decree from a decision of the Appeals. 
Registrar the Court shall have all powers conferred upon the Re­
gistrar under this Decree and shall make such orders in accordance 
with the provisions of this Decree, as it thinks just. 
16. Without prejudice to any provision of this Decree requiring E.xercise of 
the Registrar to hear any party to any proceedings, or to give to dlSti any such party an opportunity to be heard, the Registrar shall give ~~w~~~f 
to any applicant for the registration of a textile design an opportunity Registrar. 
to be heard before exercising, adversely to the applicant any discre-
tion vested in the Registrar by or under this Decree. lP/N/l/(iBA/DIl 
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Civil Suits 
in respect 
of 
registered 
designs. 17. (1) The Registrar may, in any proceedings before him under Cost ~d . h ' secUrity this Decree, by order award to any party sue costs as ne may for costs. 
consider reasonable and direct how and by what parties they are 
to be paid, and any such order may have the force of an order by a 
Court. 
(2) In any proceedings before the Registrar he may :equire 
either or both parties to give security for costs for sueh amount as 
the Registrar may deem fit, and in default of such security being 
given by the applicant the Registrar may treat the application for 
the proceedings as abandoned. 
18. (1) If any person-
(a) makes or causes to be made a false entry in the register Otfences. 
of designs, or a writing falsely purporting to be a copy 
of an entry in the register, 
(b) produces or tenders or causes to be produced or 
tendered in evidence as genuine any such writing 
knowing the entry or writing to be false, 
he shall be guilty of an offence punishable by a fine not exceeding 
~5.000.00 or five years imprisonment or both. 
(2) If any person falsely represents that a design applied to 
any textile article sold by him is registered in respect of that textile 
article he shan be liable on summarY conviction to a fine not exceed-
ing ~200.00. . 
(3) For the purpose of subsection (2) of this section a person 
who sells a textile article having stamped, engraved or impressed 
thereon or otherwise applied thereto the word " registered " or any 
other word expressing or implying that the design applied to is 
registered, shall be deemed to represent that the design applied to the 
article is registered in respect of that article. 
(4) If any person, after the copyright in a registered textile 
design has expired, marks the textile to which the design has been 
applied, with the word "registered", or any word or words implying 
that there is a subsisting copyright in the design or causes any such 
article to be so marked, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on 
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ~200.00. 
(5) In the case of an offence by a body of persons-
Ca) where the body of persons is a body corporate every 
director and officer of the body corporate shall be 
deemed to be guilty of the offence; and 
(b) where the body corporate is a firm, every partner of 
the firm shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence: 
Provided that a person shall not be deemed to be guilty of an 
offence by virtue of this subsection if he proves that the act 
constituting the offence was committed by a person other than 
himself and without his knowledge or connivance· and that he 
exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence 
having regard to all the circumstances. 
19. (1) Nothing in any other provision of this Decree shall affect 
the right of any registered proprietor to institute civil proceedings for 
any infringement under this Decree or to be granted in any such 
proceedings any remedy to which he may be entitled: 
Provided that in proceedings for an infringement of a copy­
right in a registered design, damages shaH not be awarded against 
a defendant, who proves that he is duly registered under this Decree 
respect of the textiie design, which is the subject matter of the 
suit. Searches. JP/N/l/GHA/D!1 
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(2) In case of passing off actions between registered pro­
prietors a certificate of registration issued by the Registrar to any 
defendant shall be a valid defence, and the plaintiff's remedy, if any, 
shall be the cancellation of the defendant's design. 
20. On the request of any person furnishing such infonnation· 
as may enable the Registrar to identify a design, and on the payment 
of the prescribed fee, the Registrar may inform him whether the 
design is registered, and is currently on the register and may state the 
date of registration and the name and address of the registered 
proprietor and any other information required by that person. 
21. If there is .any doubt as to whether an article is a textile Resolution 
article or whether a design is a textile design, such doubt shall be of doubt. 
resolved by the Rt:gi~trar and his decision Shall be final. 
22. Subject to the provisions of this Decree, the Commissioner Regulations. 
may make such regulations as he thinks expedient in relation to 
textile designs and for regulating all matters under this Decree, 
especially~ 
(a) the form of, the time for, and the procedure to be 
observed for any challenge, rectification. or appeal 
under this Decree, and for matters connected therewith; 
(b) matters that are ,required by this Decree to be prescribed 
and fQr the fixing of fees that are not provided for 
under 'apy other provision of this Decree; 
(c) any other matters for the purpose of carrying out the 
provisions of this Decree. 
23. In this Decree unless the context otherwise requires: . 
" Commissioner" means the Commissioner responsible 
for Justice; 
" copyright" has the meaning assigned to it in section 8 of 
this Decree; 
.. Court ,. means the High Court; 
" prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made 
under section 22 of this Decree; 
" proprietor" means a person claiming to be the author 
of the textile design and inc1udes-
(a) any other person who has acquired title from, 
any person referred to in this section as pro-' 
prietor; . . 
(b) where the person who is the author is not 
ascertainable, the person who first applied for 
the registration of the design; and 
(c) where such design is executed by the author for 
another person that other person shallbe treated 
for the purposes ofthis Decree as the proprietor; 
"registered proprietor ", in relation to a textile design 
means the proprietor registered by or under thiJ 
Decree for such design; 
.. register ., me~ns. the Register of rextile Desigm; referred 
to in section 1 of this Decree; .' 
" Registrar'~ means Registrar-General or Assistant Regis­
. ttar .. General; 
" textile; artible" means any article made' w1i611y' or sub~ 
stanfially from. J;l~tural, man"'J:!lll;de or synthetic.textile 
fihres or from a c~.mbinatiOJi thereof; and Interpreta­
tion. IP 1N!1IGHAID!1 
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Repeaisand 
transitional 
provisions. <,' :textile design" means ,anY pattern or bmamental feature 
applied to a textile article by printing weavinKor other 
similar process, . , ' 
. 24.' (1) The Textile Designs (Registratioh) 'ACt; 1965 (Act 317) 
and the Textile Designs (Registration) Act( (Amendment) Decree, 
1966 (N.L.C.D. 54) ar~ hereby repealed. 
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal 'of the Textile Designs 
(Registration) Act, 1965 (Act 317) the Textile'Desigris'(Registration) 
Regulations, 1966 (L.L 512) shall contihue,in,existenceas if made 
under section 22 of this Decree and with such modificatioru. as may 
be necessary to give fuU effect to this Decree or with such modifica­
tions as the Cdmmissidner may approve .. 
(3) Any te*ti1e design eXisting at the' coimnentement of this 
Decree in the register of designs maintained under'section 2 of the 
said, Act, shall, after the commencement of this Decree., be deemed to' have been registered' under this Decree wIth effect ,from the date 
specified by the Registrar in relation to'its' ongmal registration 
under subsection (2) (b) of section 2 bf the said Act~ : " , 
(4) Accordingly' without prejudice tc? the'application to any 
such textile design of the other provisions of this' Decree, section 9 
of this Decree shall apply to such registration; and, for the removal 
of doubts, the copyright in any textile 4~ign so registered shall not 
have. eife9t,. for a' periqd longer' than fifteen: years' from the date 
referred to in subsection (3) of this section as having been specified 
under-subsection' (2) of section 2 of the said Act. 
(5) Without prejudice to the application to. any such textile 
de$ign' of the 'prov~sidns ot this Decree 'other iharithis section, the 
Registrar mily' cancel the registration of any such textile design if 
the registration of such design would have been prohibited by 
subsection (.4) of section,2 of. this Decree if an application had been 
made for 'suchregistration after the commencement of this Decree. 
(6) Notwithstanding any provision in this Decree to the con~ 
trary •. any Jextile design registered or. protected. under: or by the 
copyrigbt laws of ~nother country shall not be protected by or under 
this Decree for a period exceeding the unexpired term. of registration 
or protection under the copyright laws of that country sohowever 
that the protection eometred by cthis Decree shallllot exCeed fifteen 
years. 
(7) No textile design shall qualify for registration under this 
Decree where:-
(a) the design has been previously registered or protected 
under or by the copyright laws of another country; and 
(b) where the period of registration or protection under the 
copyright laws of that other country has expired. 
(8) Where any textile design referred to in subsection (6) or 
(7) of this section exists on the Register (whether registered before or 
after the commencement of this Decree) and the period of its protec­
tion under this Decree has expired by virtue of the provisions of 
either of those subsections, the Registrar shall cancel its registration 
under section 11 of this Decree. 
Made this 12th day of September, 1973. 
COLONEL I. K. ACHEAMPONG 
Chairman of the National Redemption Council 
Date of Gazette notification: 14th September, 1973. 