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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Merchandise Marks Act, 1941, so as to substitute, to delete or to amend certain definitions; to define certain expressions; to repeal the provisions relating to the unlawful trading in counterfeit goods in so far as these provisions are to be superseded by other envisaged legislation regarding the counterfeiting of goods;
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(3) Sections 26, 27(c), 38 and 47 shall come into operation on a date determined by the President by proclamation in the Gazette.
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Merchandise Marks Act, 1941, so as to substitute, to delete or to amend certain definitions; to define certain expressions; to repeal the provisions relating to the unlawful trading in counterfeit goods in so far as these provisions are to be superseded by other envisaged legislation regarding the counterfeiting of goods;]]></description>
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            <title>Development Bank of South Africa Bill (B2B-1997)</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To provide for the continued existence, and reconstitution of the juristic person known as the Development Bank of Southern Africa as a development finance institution with the primary purpose to promote economic development and growth, human resource development and institutional capacity building by mobilising financial and other resources from the national or international private and public sectors for sustainable development projects and programmes; and toprovide for matters connected therewith.
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Clause rejected.]]></description>
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