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(1) Privileges and rights so granted shall date Commence- rom the date of the patent in the United Kingdom ment an tna shall continue in force only so long as the patent rirhts duration of remains in force in the United Kingdom: Provided that no action for infringement shall be entertained in respect of any manufacture, use or sale of the invention prior to the date of issue of the certificate of registration in the Federation. Any extension, lapse, revocation and restoration after lapse in the Ünited Kingdom of any paten egistered under this Ordinance may be notifled .b the grantee of such patent or any person deriving title under him to the Registrar of Patents, who shall, on production of a certified copy of the order issued by the United Kingdom Patent Office within one year trom the date thereof, enter the same in the Register of Patents and shall issue a certificate in the prescribed förm in respect of such entry. Any extension of the term, or restoration after lapse, of a patent in the United Kingdom shall, on such registration, have NO. 9 OF 1951. effect in the Federation to extend the term of the patent for the period such patent remains in force in the United Kingdom. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-section (2) of this section, the Registrar' ot latents may, in his discretion, accept a notitication under the provi- sions of the said sub-section, where it is shown to lis satistaction that for any reason such notification could not be made within the period or before the date specifed therein. Special provisions