No. 2 Trademarks PART IV__RECTIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF ENTRIES IN THE REGISTER 27.__(1) An interested party may apply for the rectification of an error or omission in the Register. (2) An application for rectification shall be made to the Registrar except in cases where proceedings concerning a trademark in question are pending before the Appeals Tribunal and the consideration, of the application shall await conclusion of the matters by the Appeals Tribunal. 17 Rectification and correction of the Register (3) Where the application is made to the Registrar, the Registrar may, at any stage of the proceedings, refer the application to the Appeals Tribunal. (4) Except where the Registrar or the Appeals Tribunal directs otherwise, the rectification of an error or omission in the Register shall be to the effect that the error or omission in question shall be deemed never to have been made. (5) The Registrar may, on request made in the prescribed manner by the owner of a registered trademark, or a licensee, correct any error or enter any change in a name or address in the Register. (6) The Registrar may remove from the Register, any matter appearing to him to have ceased to have effect. 28 The Registrar may, on application by any interested party, make such order as he considers appropriate for removal of, or variation in, the registration of a trademark on the ground of any contravention of, or failure to observe, a condition entered in the Register in relation to the registered trademark. 29.__(1) The owner of a registered trademark may apply in the prescribed manner, to the Registrar, for leave to alter a trademark in any manner not substantially affecting the identity of the trademark. (2) The Registrar may grant or refuse leave, or grant the leave on such terms, and subject to such limitations, as he considers appropriate. (3) The Registrar shall advertise the application for alteration made under subsection (1), in the prescribed manner and if, within the prescribed time from the date of the advertisement, any person gives notice to the Registrar in the prescribed manner, of opposition to the application, the Registrar shall, after hearing the parties, if so required, make a decision on the matter. Removal or variation registration of a trademark for breach of condition Alteration of registered trademarks