Rights conferred by registered trade mark

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the proprietor of a registered trade mark has exclusive rights in the trade mark which are infringed by use of the trade mark in Belize without his consent. (2) The acts amounting to infringement, if done without the consent of the proprietor, are specified in section 25 of this Act, and references in this Act to the infringement of a registered trade mark are to any such infringement of the rights of the proprietor. (3) The rights of the proprietor have effect from the date of registration which, in accordance with section 18 (3) of this Act, is the date of filing of the application for registration, Provided that, (a) no infringement proceedings may be begun before the date on which the trade mark is in fact registered; and 20 (b) no offence under section 75 of this Act (unauthorised use of trade mark, etc. in relation to goods) is committed by anything done before the date of publication of the