mark for those and other goods or services, and in that case the applicant shall state in his application that the name or description will be varied when the mark is used upon goods covered by the specification other than the named or described goods or services. 17. Application for registration An application to the Registrar for the registration of a trade or service mark shall be signed by the applicant or his agent and the application shall be made on Form TM/SM 2 together with the prescribed fees. Each application shall be for registration in respect of goods or service in one or more classes of international classification. 18. Priority under the convention (1) An applicant who claims priority for his application under the provisions of section 22 of the Act shall indicate in his application on form TM/SM 2: (i) that a priority claim is made under the convention; (ii) the date of the earlier application in the convention country; and (iii) the name of the convention country or; where the earlier application is a regional or international application, the office with which it was filed. (2) The applicant shall furnish with his application or when requested to do so by the Registrar, a copy of the earlier application certified as corrected by the office with which it was filed. (3) Where the earlier application is in a different language from that of the application, the Registrar may require the applicant to furnish him within three months with a translation of the earlier application into the language of the country unless such a translation had already been furnished for another application. 19. Representation of a mark Every application for the registration of a mark shall contain a durable graphic representation of the mark in the space provided on the application form for that purpose. 20. Additional representation There shall be sent with every application for registration of a mark six additional representations of such mark on Form TM/SM 3 exactly corresponding to that affixed to the application form and noted with all such particulars as may be required by the Registrar. Such particulars shall, if required, be signed by the applicant or his agent. 21. Registration of same mark in different classes Application for the registration of the same mark in different classes shall be treated as separate and distinct applications, and in all cases where a mark is registered under the same official number for goods or services in more than one class, the registration in respect of the goods or services included in each separate class shall be deemed to be separate registration for all the purposes of the Act. 22. Representation to be satisfactory The Registrar, if dissatisfied with any representation of mark, may at any time require another representation satisfactory to him to be submitted before proceeding with the application. 23. Specimens in exceptional cases Where a drawing or other representation or specimen cannot be given in the manner aforesaid, a specimen or copy of the mark may be sent either of full size or on a reduced scale, and in such form as the Registrar may think most convenient. 24. Series of marks Where an application is made for the registration of a series of marks under subsection (2) of section 25 a representation of each mark or the series shall be included, all as aforesaid, in the application form, and in each of the accompanying

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