Section 3: Protection
consolidated text (as amended). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
3. Protection
(1) Subject to subsection (2), registration for protection under this Act
may be—
(a) obtained for layout-designs of integrated circuits where they are
original within the meaning of section 4;
(b) applied for only where—
(i) the layout-design has not yet been commercially exploited;
or
(ii) has been commercially exploited for not more than 2 years
anywhere in the world.
(2) No protection under this Act shall be available for any layout-design
which has been commercially exploited anywhere in the world for more than
2 years prior to the entry into force of this Act.