(y)“Registrar” means the Registrar of Trade Marks referred to in section 3;
(z)“Service” means service of any description which is made available to potential users and
includes the provision of services in connection with b usiness of any industrial or commercial matters
such as banking, communication, education, financing, insurance, chit funds, real estate, transport,
storage, material treatment, processing, supply of electrical or other energy, boarding, lodging,
entertain ment, amusement, construction, repair, conveying of news or information and advertising;
(za) “trade description” means any description, statement or other indication, direc t or indirect, -
(i)as to the number, quantity, measure, g auge or weight of any goo ds; or
(ii)as to the standard of quality of any goods or services according to a classification
commonly used or recognise d in the trade; or
(iii)as to fitness for the purpose, strength, performance or behaviour of any goods, being
“drug” as defined in t he Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940) , or “food” as defined in the
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954) ; or
(iv)as to the place or country in which or the time at which any goods or services were made,
produced or p rovided, as th e case may be; or
(v)as to the name and address or other indication of the identity of the manufacturer or of the
person providing the services or of the person for whom the goods are manufactur ed or services
are provided; or
(vi)as to the mode of manufa cture or producing any goods or providing services; or
(vii)as to the material of w hich any goods are composed; or
(viii)as to any goods being the subject of an existing patent, privilege or copyright,
and includes -
(a)any description as to the use of a ny mark which according to the custom of the trade is
commonly taken to be an indicati on of any of the above matters;
(b)the description as to any imported goods contained in any bill o f entry or shipping bill;