318 No. 6 of 2016] Registration of Assignments and Transmissions Layout-designs of Integrated Circuits 41. (1) Where a person becomes entitled by assignment or transmission to a registered layout-design, the person shall apply in the prescribed manner to the Registrar to register the person’s title, and the Registrar shall, on receipt of the application and on proof of the person’s title to the Registrar’s satisfaction, register the person as the proprietor of the layout-design and shall cause particulars of the assignment or transmission to be entered on the register. (2) Where the validity of an assignment or transmission is in dispute between the parties, the Registrar may refuse to register the assignment or transmission until the rights of the party have been determined by a competent court. (3) Except for the purpose of an application before the Registrar under subsection (1) or an appeal from an order thereon, or an application under section forty or an appeal from an order thereon, a document or instrument in respect of which no entry has been made in the register in accordance with subsection (1), shall not be admitted in evidence by the Registrar or the High Court in proof of title to the layout-design by assignment or transmission unless the Registrar or the High Court, as the case may be, otherwise directs. Registered Users 42. Subject to the provisions of section thirty-eight, a person other than the qualified owner of a layout-design may be registered as a registered user thereof. Registration as Registered User 43. (1) Where it is proposed that a person should be registered as a registered user of a layout-design, the qualified owner and the proposed registered user shall jointly apply in writing to the Registrar in the prescribed manner and every such application shall be accompanied by— (a) the agreement in writing or a duly authenticated copy thereof, entered into between the qualified owner and the proposed registered user with respect to the permitted use of the layout-design; and (b) an affidavit or solemn declaration made by the qualified owner or by some person authorised to the satisfaction of the Registrar to act on the person’s behalf. (2) Where the requirements of subsection (1) have been complied with, the Registrar shall register the proposed registered user.