The Short Title of this Act is “The Patents Act 1883 Amendment Act, 1885.”

The exhibition of an invention at an Industrial Exhibition (notified to be such by the Governor in Council under the powers hereinafter contained), or the publication of any description of the invention during the period of the holding of the Exhibition, or the use of the invention for the purpose of the Exhibition in the place where the Exhibition is held, or the use of the invention during the period of the holding of the Exhibition by any person elsewhere, without the privity or consent of the inventor, shall not prejudice the right of the inventor or his legal personal representative to apply for and obtain protection and a patent in respect of the invention, or the validity of any patent granted on the application: Provided that the application for a patent must be made before or within six months from the date of the opening of the Exhibition.

The Governor in Council may from time to time, by notification in the Gazette, declare any Industrial Exhibition held within the colony to be an Exhibition for the purposes of this Act.