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Committee especially Mechanics, Chemistry, surgical and medical Science, Architecture, Physics, Agriculture, mechanical and chemical Technology, and Mercantile knowledge shall be duly re­presented.

These Experts, in so far as they are not already sworn, as Imperial and Royal Officials, have to declare on oath, in the presence of the Chief Manager, that they will conscientiously pass judgment and keep secrecy.

Their names will be submitted to the Minister of Commerce, together with the respective documents recording their having taken the oath.

No Certificate of Protection can be granted for objects which at the aforesaid examination are declared unsuited, according to the terms of the respective special Laws here-before referred to, either for protection by a Patent, or for protection of Trade Marks, Patterns, or Models. The respective applications must consequently be returned. Applications for Certificates of Protection presented to the Chief Manager after expiration of the legal term of presentation, that is, after the opening of the Exhibition, or if the objects have been introduced later than the opening, after the time of such later installation, shall be refused without even examining the objects for the purpose of stating whether they are qualified or not.

Article II.

In granting the Certificates of Protection, the Chief Manager of the Universal Exhibition wall always act strictly in accordance with the Official appointed for this purpose by the Royal Hungarian Ministry.

The Certificates of Protection will be issued free of expense by the Chief Manager of the Universal Exhibition and countersigned by the aforesaid Delegate of the Royal Hungarian Ministry, and must contain, according to the form hereunto annexed, the name and residence of the applicant, and also the name and residence of his agent, if the application has been made by him, a short description of the respective objects, the kind of protection granted (whether Patent, Trade Mark, Pattern, or Model protection), finally the day on which the protection begins, to be stated according to the alternative mentioned in Art. II., and the day when it expires. The Chief Manager of the Universal Exhibition shall not receive applications tendered to him by holders of Certificates of Protection during the period of their validity, and with reference to the final sentence of Art. II. concerning the acquisition of a regular Patent, or Protection of Trade Mark, Pattern, or Model, the applicants must be referred to the authorities competent to receive such demands according to the special Patent and Protection Laws.

A refusal shall also be given to any holder of a Certificate of Protection who applies to the Chief Manager of the Universal Exhibition with a complaint against third persons on account of encroach­ments made upon his legal right of protection, as such complaints are to be judged by the competent authorities denoted in the special Patent and Protection Laws. In order to ascertain the facts of the case the said authorities shall apply to the Chief Manager of the Universal Exhibition for the trans­mission of an authentic copy of the Specifications, Trade Marks, Patterns, or Models upon which the Certificates of Protection are founded, and the Chief Manager shall, without objection, and stating at the same time whether secrecy is to be kept or not, deliver the said copy under condition of its subsequent return, and after having the fact noted in the Register (see Art. IV.).

Article III.

Complaints against the refusal of Certificates of Protection are legally inadmissible; therefore, if made, they must be absolutely rejected.

Should, however, the legality of any Certificate be contested, the competent authorities designated in the Patent and Protection Laws will, according to Art. I., have to decide the case.

Such complaints, if presented to the Chief Manager of the Universal Exhibition, shall not bo accepted by him; he shall, however, direct the plaintiffs to the competent authorities.