### Registered Designs Ordinance 《註冊外觀設計條例》

89. Offences by corporations or partners
(1) Where an offence under this Ordinance committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate, is guilty of the offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2) The following provisions apply for the purposes of proceedings for an offence under this Ordinance alleged to have been committed by a body corporate—
(a) any rules of court relating to the service of documents; and
(b) section 19A (plea by a corporation before a magistrate) and section 87 (procedure on charge of indictable offence against corporation) of the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227).
(3) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.
(4) Where an offence under this Ordinance committed by a partner in a partnership is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any other partner of the partnership, that other partner shall be guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

90. Interpretation
(1) In this section and sections 91 to 93, the Registered Designs Act 1949 (《1949年註冊外觀設計法令》) means the Registered Designs Act 1949 (1949 c. 88 U.K.), as amended and as applied to Hong Kong by the United Kingdom Designs (Protection) Ordinance (Cap. 44). 
(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any word or expression used in sections 91 to 93 and defined in the Registered Designs Act 1949 has the same meaning as in that Act. 

### Registered Designs Ordinance 《註冊外觀設計條例》

91. Designs deemed registered under this Ordinance
(1) Any design registered under the Registered Designs Act 1949 before the date of commencement* of this Ordinance the right in which is subsisting or is treated as subsisting on that date shall be deemed to be registered under this Ordinance in respect of the articles for which it is registered under that Act.
(2) Any design registered under the Registered Designs Act 1949 on or after the date of commencement of this Ordinance the application for which was pending on the date immediately preceding the date of commencement of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be registered under this Ordinance in respect of the articles for which it is registered under that Act.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, the initial period of registration of a design deemed by subsection (1) to be registered under this Ordinance shall consist of the period—
(a) beginning on the date of commencement of this Ordinance; and
(b) ending on the earlier of—
(i) the date on which the right in the design expires under the Registered Designs Act 1949; and
(ii) the date on which the right in the design would expire under that Act if the period for which the right is subsisting on the date of commencement of this Ordinance could not be extended in accordance with section 8(2) of that Act.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, the initial period of registration of a design deemed by subsection (2) to be registered under this Ordinance shall consist of the period—
(a) beginning on the date of registration of the design under the Registered Designs Act 1949; and
(b) ending on the earlier of—
(i) the date on which the right in the design expires under the Registered Designs Act 1949; and
(ii) the date on which the right in the design would expire under that Act if the period for which the right subsists under section 8(1) of that Act could not be extended in accordance with section 8(2) of that Act.

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 27 June 1997.

### Registered Designs Ordinance 《註冊外觀設計條例》

92. Renewal of registration
(1) The period of registration of a design deemed by section 91 to be registered under this Ordinance may be extended for additional periods of 5 years each but the total period of registration under this Ordinance and the Registered Designs Act 1949 may not exceed 25 years and 6 months in the aggregate.
(2) If the registered proprietor of the design desires to renew the period of registration for a further period of 5 years after the initial period of registration referred to in section 91(3) or (4) expires, he shall submit an application to the Registrar in accordance with subsection (3).
(3) The application referred to in subsection (2) shall—
(a) be submitted before the later of—
(i) the date that is 6 months prior to the expiration of the initial period of registration under this Ordinance; and
(ii) the date that is 6 months after the commencement* of this Ordinance;
(b) include—
(i) a representation of the design as registered under the Registered Designs Act 1949;
(ii) a certificate confirming registration of the design issued by the Registrar of the United Kingdom Designs Registry;
(iii) a certified copy of an entry in, or a certified extract from, the United Kingdom Designs Registry, stating the full name of the proprietor of the design immediately preceding the application; and
(iv) such other information, documents or matter as may be required by the rules; and
(c) be accompanied by the prescribed renewal fee.
(4) Section 28(3), (4) and (5) applies to any further renewal of the period of registration of a design deemed by section 91 to be registered under this Ordinance.

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 27 June 1997.