not exceeding level six or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to
both such fine and such imprisonment.
[amended by Act 22 of 2001, with effect from the 10th September, 2002.]
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[repealed by Act 22 of 2001, with effect from the 20th May, 2002.]
PART XIII
GENERAL
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Lodging and authentication of documents
(1) Any application, notice or document authorized or required under this Act to be
lodged, made or given at the Patent Office or to the Registrar or any other person,
may be delivered by hand or sent by registered post.
(2) No authentication shall be required in respect of any document lodged in the
Patent Office under the provisions of this Act and used in proceedings before the
Registrar or the Patents
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Expenses of administration
All moneys necessary for the administration of this Act shall be paid out of moneys
appropriated for the purpose by Act of Parliament.
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Provisions as to fees
(1) Where, under this Act, a fee is payable—
in respect of the performance of any act by the Registrar, the Registrar
(a)
shall not perform that act until the fee has been paid; or
(b)
in respect of the doing of any act by any person other than the
Registrar, the act shall be deemed not to have been done until the fee has been paid;
or
(c)
in respect of the lodging of a document, the document shall be deemed
not to have been lodged until the fee has been paid.
(2) All fees shall be paid at the Patent Office in such manner as the Registrar, with the
approval of the Minister, may accept.
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Saving for certain forfeitures
Nothing in this Act shall affect the right of the State or of any person deriving title
directly or indirectly from the State to sell or use articles forfeited to the State under
the provisions of any enactment.
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Patent and Trade Marks Journal
(1) The Controller shall publish a journal, to be called the Patent and Trade Marks
Journal, containing particulars of applications for patents and other proceedings or
matters arising under this Act, together with such reports of cases and other relevant
matters as the Minister may deem fit.
(2) The Controller shall make provision for selling copies of the Journal at such price
and in such manner as the Minister may direct.
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Power to make regulations
(1) The Minister may make regulations prescribing anything which under this Act is
to be prescribed and generally for the better carrying out of the objects and purposes
of this Act or to give force or effect to its provisions or for its better administration.
(2) Regulations made by the Minister may provide for—
(a)
the form of applications for patents and of any specifications,
drawings or other documents which may be lodged at the Patent Office, and the
furnishing of copies of any such documents;
(b)
the procedure to be followed in connection with any application or
request to the Registrar or any proceedings before him, and the authorizing of the
rectification of irregularities of procedure;
(c)
the number of times any advertisement or notice which is required by
this Act to be given in the Journal shall be so given;
(d)
the service of notices and other documents required to be served in
connection with proceedings under this Act;
(e)
the qualifications for eligibility to enter into articles with a patent
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