with and concluded in every respect as if the laws had not been repealed. PART 7 GENERAL (ss 16-18) 16. Repeal of Acts The laws mentioned in the Schedule are hereby repealed. 17. Extension of terms Any act required to be performed within a specified time in any of the Territorial Acts in respect of any proceedings relating to a patent, registered design or trade mark or in respect of any application therefor may be performed within that period of time or within six months calculated from the date on which this Act comes into operation, whichever is the later: Provided that these provisions shall not extend the due date for the payment of a renewal fee under any Territorial Act. 18. Short title and commencement This Act shall be called the Intellectual Property Laws Rationalisation Act, 1996, and shall come into operation on a date fixed by the President by proclamation in the Gazette. Schedule Number and year of law 1. Bophuthatswana Act 37 of 1952 Act 62 of 1963 Act 63 of 1965 Act 57 of 1967 2. 3. 4. Short title Patents Act, 1952 Trade Marks Act, 1963 Copyright Act, 1965 Designs Act, 1967 Transkei Act 37 of 1952 Act 62 of 1963 Act 63 of 1965 Act 57 of 1967 Patents Act, 1952 Trade Marks Act, 1963 Copyright Act, 1965 Designs Act, 1967 Venda Act 62 of 1963 Act 57 of 1967 Act 57 of 1978 Act 98 of 1978 Trade Marks Act, 1963 Designs Act, 1967 Patents Act, 1978 Copyright Act, 1978 Ciskei Act 98 of 1978 Copyright Act, 1978