Trade Marks Ordinance, 2001 — section 125

125. Power to require goods to show indication of origin..—_(1) The Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, require that goods of any description specified in the notification, which are made or produced beyond the limits of Pakistan and imported into Pakistan, or which are made or produced within the limits of Pakistan, shall from such date as may be appointed by the notification not being less than three months from its issue, have applied to them an indication of the country or place in which they were made or produced, and of the name and address of the manufacturer or the person for whom the goods were manufactured.

(2)The notification under sub-section (1) may specify the manner in which such indication shall be applied, that is to say whether to goods themselves or in any other manner and the times or occasions on which the presence of the indication shall be necessary, that is to say, whether on importation only, or also at the time of sale, whether by wholesale or retail or both.

(3)The provisions of section 23 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (X of 1897), shall apply to the issue of a notification under sub-section (1), as they apply to the making of a rule or bye-law the making of which is subject to the condition of previous publication. 1 Subs. by Act No. LVIII of 2023, ss. 44-45.

(4)A notification under sub-section (1), shall not apply to goods made or produced beyond the limits of Pakistan and imported into Pakistan, if in respect of those goods the 1[Director General, IPR (Enforcement), Director. IPR (Enforcement) or Collector of Customs or any competent authority under the Custom Act, 1969 (IV of 1969)] is satisfied at the time of importation that they are intended for exportation whether after transhipment in or transit through Pakistan or otherwise.