LAWS OF MALAWI Registered Designs Registered Designs Regulations Registered Designs Cap. 49:05 [Subsidiary] REGISTERED DESIGNS REGULATIONS Under Sections. 7 and 58 G.N. 273/1958(F) 5/1964(M) 166/1967 78/1980 47/1992 43/1997 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Registered Designs Regulations. 2. In these Regulations, unless inconsistent with the context - Citation Interpretation “agent” means an agent duly authorized to the satisfaction of the Registrar; “Office” means the Designs Office; “specimen” means textile piece goods, handkerchiefs and shawls, and includes such other classes of articles of a similar character as the Registrar may from time to time decide. PART I APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF DESIGNS 3. 4. (1) An application for the registration of a design shall be singed by the applicant or his agent, The application shall be in form No. 1 or No. 2 or, in he case of a design to be applied to a set of Form of application articles, in form No. 3 or No. 4, as the case may be. (2) Where it is desired to registered the same design in respect of more than one article, a separate application shall be made in respect of each article. In that case each application shall be numbered separately and shall be treated as a separate and distinct application. (3) Every application shall state the article to which the design is to be applied and that the applicant claims to be the proprietor thereof. (4) Except in the case of an application to register a design to be applied to a textile article, to wallpaper or to lace, the application shall further be accompanied by a statement of the features of the design for which novelty is claimed. (5) For the purposes of section 59(2) an application shall be made in form No. 1 or No. 3, as the case may be, subject to such modifications as the Registrar may approve. The applicant shall, if required by the Registrar in any case so to do, endorse on each of the representations or specimens a statement satisfactory to the Registrar of the novelty claimed for the design. 30 Endorsement as to novelty