LAWS OF MALAWI Patents Cap. 49:02 (Subsidiary) 17. (1) All evidence shall be by affidavit unless otherwise directed by the Tribunal. (2) 18. Patents Tribunal Rules Evidence affidavit. by Whenever a time is specified in this Part within which any act or thing is to be done, the Registrar of Patents, may, on application made to him in writing, extend the time either before or after its expiration or within any extended period. If the applicant notifies the Tribunal that he does not desire to proceed with an application, the Tribunal in deciding whether costs should be awarded to the other party shall consider whether proceedings might have been avoided if such other party had given reasonable notice to the applicant before the application to the Tribunal was filed. Costs. PART III PATENT AGENTS 19. (1) Every person applying under section 69(2) of the Act for an order to remove the name of any patent agent from the register of patent agents or to suspend any patent from practicing as such shall make application in that behalf to the Tribunal, and such application, accompanied by affidavits of the facts upon which it is based, shall be filed with the registrar of the Tribunal. (2) A copy of the application and of the accompanying affidavits shall be served upon the patent agent concerned, who within one month after receipt thereof shall notify the registrar of the Tribunal in writing whether he wishes to adduce evidence and to be heard by the Tribunal. (3) Thereafter (4) If, after due inquiry into the allegations made, the Tribunal is satisfied that the patent agent concerned has been guilty of conduct discreditable to a patent agent or has been guilty of a breach of any regulation prescribed for the conduct of patent agents, the Tribunal shall make such order therein as it considers just. the registrar of the Tribunal, after consultation with Procedure under section 69 (2). the Chairman, shall appoint a time for the hearing of the application and shall give the parties and the Registrar of Patents at least fourteen days’ notice of the appointment. PART IV TAXATON OF COSTS 20. The registrar of the Tribunal shall be the Taxing Officer for the purpose of taxing a bill of costs of a legal practitioner, and in the taxation of costs shall comply with such instructions as may from time to time be given to him by the Tribunal for that purpose. 75 Registrar of Patents Tribunal Taxing to be Officer.