Act 3 Industrial Property Act 2014 (a) records a filing date; (b) rejects the application; (c) treats the application as if it had not been filed; (d) considers any of the claims to be withdrawn; or (e) refuses to grant a patent. PART VI—INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS. 34. Further functions of the registry. (1) The registry shall act as a receiving office where an international application is filed with it by a national or a resident of Uganda. (2) The registry shall act as a designated office or an elected office in the case of any international application in which Uganda is designated or elected for a national patent. (3) The functions of the registry under this Part shall be performed in accordance with the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the regulations made under it and the administrative instructions issued under the regulations of the Patent Cooperation Treaty and with the provisions of this Act and the regulations made under the Act relating to them. (4) In case of conflict, the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the regulations and the administrative instructions issued under it shall apply. 35. Unsearched or unexamined international applications. (1) Where an international search report is not established or relates to only one or some of the claims of an international application, the registrar shall reject the international application or consider withdrawn the claim or claims which are not covered by the report, as the case may be, except to the extent that the applicant satisfies the registrar that the non-establishment of the report in whole or in part was not justified. 37