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s 51 Infringement proceeding
(1) Subject to any agreement subsisting between the registered user of a trade mark and the registered proprietor of the trade mark, the registered user is entitled to call upon the registered proprietor to take proceedings for infringement of the trade mark, and if the registered proprietor refuses or neglects to do so within two months after being so called upon, the registered user may institute proceedings for infringement in his own name as if he were the registered proprietor and shall make the registered proprietor a defendant.
(2) A registered proprietor so added as a defendant is not liable for costs unless he enters an appearance and takes part in the proceedings.
Malay text (authoritative)
Langkah pembicaraan mengenai pelanggaran
(1) Tertakluk kepada apa-apa perjanjian yang masih ada antara pengguna berdaftar sesuatu cap dagangan dengan tuan punya berdaftar cap dagangan itu, pengguna berdaftar itu berhak meminta tuan punya berdaftar itu mengambil langkah-langkah pembicaraan kerana pelanggaran terhadap cap dagangan itu, dan jika tuan punya berdaftar itu enggan atau cuai berbuat demikian dalam tempoh dua bulan selepas diminta sedemikian maka pengguna berdaftar itu boleh mengambil langkah-langkah pembicaraan kerana pelanggaran itu atas namanya sendiri seolah-olah ia adalah tuan punya berdaftar dan hendaklah menjadikan tuan punya berdaftar itu seorang pihak kena tuntut.
(2) Seseorang tuan punya berdaftar yang dijadikan seorang pihak kena tuntut sedemikian tidaklah bertanggung membayar kos melainkan jika ia memasukkan kehadiran dan mengambil bahagian dalam pembicaraan itu.
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
