(c) the Tribunal, on an appeal against a decision of the Registrar in terms of section eleven, directs that a layout-design should be registered; the Registrar shall register the design concerned. (2) The Registrar shall cause notification of the registration of a layout-design to be published in the Journal. 13 Effective date of registration (1) Subject to subsection (2), the effective date of registration of a layout-design shall be the date on which the application for its registration was lodged with the Designs Office in terms of section ten. (2) If an application for the registration of a layout-design, when initially lodged at the Designs Office— (a) does not contain sufficient particulars to identify the applicant; or (b) is not accompanied by a copy or drawing of the layout-design, together with information defining the electronic function which the integrated circuit concerned is intended to perform; and those defects are corrected within the two-month period specified in subsection (3) of section ten, the effective date of registration of the layout-design shall be the date on which the corrections were lodged with the Designs Office. 14 Certificate of registration (1) The Registrar shall issue a certificate of registration in the prescribed form to the registered proprietor of a layout-design when the design is registered. (2) The Registrar may— (a) where he is satisfied that the certificate of registration has been lost or destroyed; or (b) in any other case in which he thinks it expedient; furnish one or more copies of any certificate of registration. PART IV EFFECT OF REGISTRATION 15 Extent of protection of registered layout-designs (1) Subject to this Act, the registration of a layout-design shall render the following acts unlawful if performed without the proprietor’s authorisation¾ (a) reproducing the whole or any part of the layout-design, whether by incorporating it in an integrated circuit or otherwise; (b) for commercial purposes, importing, selling or distributing¾ (i) the layout-design; or (ii) an integrated circuit that incorporates the layout-design; or (iii) an article that incorporates an integrated circuit referred to in subparagraph (ii). (2) The registration of a layout-design shall not prevent the following acts being performed without the proprietor’s authorisation¾ (a) reproducing the layout-design for private purposes or for the sole purpose of evaluation, analysis, research or teaching; or (b) creating, on the basis of the evaluation, analysis or research referred to in paragraph (a), a layout-design which is itself original within the meaning of subsection (2) of section seven, and¾ (i) incorporating that layout-design in an integrated circuit; and (ii) performing any of the acts referred to in subsection (1) in respect of that layout-design; or (c) performing any of the acts referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) in respect of an identical layout-design which is original and has been created independently by a third party. (3) A person may perform any of the acts referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) in respect of a registered layout-design or an integrated circuit incorporating a registered layout-design, where the design or the circuit, as the case may be, has been

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