32 Power to award and tax costs Trademarks No. 2 (5) The taxation shall be subject to appeal to the Appeals Tribunal, and any such costs may be recovered by action in a court of competent jurisdiction. 73.__(1) In all proceedings before the Registrar under this Act, the Registrar shall have power to award to any party, such costs as he may consider reasonable and to direct how the payment is to be made. (2) Any costs awarded by the Registrar shall be taxed by the Registrar and payment thereof may be enforced in the same manner as if they were costs allowed by the Appeals Tribunal. Trademark agents PART XI__TRADEMARK AGENTS 74.__(1) Subject to subsection (2), where an act has to be done under this Act by a person in connection with the registration of a trademark, geographical indication, collective mark, certification mark or of any other thing which may be done under this Act, such person may either do it himself or through a trademark agent. (2) Where an applicant’s ordinary place of residence or principal place of business is outside Malawi, he shall be represented by a trademark agent resident and entitled to act as such in Malawi. Trademark agents register (3) A person shall be qualified to act as a trademark agent if the person is resident in Malawi and__ (a) is a legal practitioner entitled to practice in the High Court of Malawi; or (b) is admitted to practice as a trademark agent before the Institute of Patents and Trademark Agents of Malawi. 75.__The Registrar shall keep a register of trademark agents in Malawi and may remove from the register of trademark agents, the name of any trademark agent upon proof to the Registrar’s satisfaction, that the trademark agent has__ (a) died; (b) become of unsound mind; (c) been adjudged or otherwise declared bankrupt or insolvent under any law, or has made an assignment to or composition with his creditors; (d) ceased to reside or maintain a place of business in Malawi; (e) applied for his name to be so removed from the register; (f) been convicted, in Malawi or elsewhere, of an offence and sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment without the option of a fine, whether such sentence is suspended or not; or