IPIN/IINGA/D/I Page 10 DISCRETIONARY PO\VER 40. Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, before exercising any discretionary power given to him by the Act or these Rules adversely to any applicant for registration of a design, the Registrar shall give at least ten days' notice to the applicant of the time when he may be heard. PO\VER TO DISPENSE \VITH EV.IDENCE 41. Where under these Rules, any person is required to do any act or thing, or any document or evidence is required to be produced to or lodged with the Registrar or at the Office, and it is shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar that from any reasonable .cause such person is unable to do such act or thing, or that such document or evidence cannot be produced or lodged as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Registrar, and upon the production of such other evidence and subject to such terms as he thinks fit, to dispense with the doing of any such act or thing, or the production or lodging of the document or evidence. A~fENDMENTS 42. If the Registrar thinks fit any document or drawing or other representation of a design may be amended, and any irregularity in procedure may be rectified, on such terms as the Registrar may direct. ENLARGEMENT OF TlivfE 43. The times prescribed by these Rules for doing any act, or taking any proceeding thereunder, may be enlarged by the Registrar if he thinks fit, and upon such notice to the parties and upon such terms, as he may direct, and such enlargement may be granted though the time has expired for doing such act or taking such proceeding. CERTIFICATE BY l{EQ[STRAR 44. (1) Where a certificate is required for the purpo?e of obtaining registration abroad, or for any legal proceedi n.gs, oro the r spee i alp urpo se, as t a any en t ry, 01 a tt er. 0 r t h 1ng which the Registrar is authorised by the Act or these Rules to make or do, the Registrar mayan the lodging of a request on Desians Form No. 19, give such certificate, which shall also s'pe~ify on the face of it the purpose for which it has been issued as aforesaid.