Industrial Design [No. 22 of 2016 547 72. The Registrar shall, on the application of an interested person or the Government, where a design has been registered in accordance with section fifty-one and entered into the Register as provided in section ten, cancel the registration of a registered design, if the court so orders. Cancellation of registration by order of Court 73. (1) The Registrar may, in consultation with the Minister, if the Registrar is of the opinion that a registered design or the mode in which the design is being exploited is prejudicial to the environment, public safety or public health, cancel the registration of a design. Cancellation of registration of registered design in public interest (2) Where the registration of a registered design is cancelled, in accordance with this Part, the Registrar shall publish or cause to be published the cancellation in the Industrial Property Journal within a prescribed period from the date of cancellation. 74. Where the registration of a registered design is cancelled in accordance with this Part, the design shall cease to be protected from the date of cancellation. Effect of cancellation of registration PART XII PUBLICATION OR COMMUNICATION OF DESIGN RELATED TO DEFENCE AND SECURITY 75. (1) The Minister responsible for defence or the Minister responsible for internal security, as the case may be, may issue a notice, in a prescribed manner, to the Registrar, directing the Registrar to prohibit the publication or communication, to an unauthorised person, of an application for the registration of a design and information contained therein, which, in the opinion of the Minister may, if published or communicated, be prejudicial to the defence of the country or the safety of the public. Prohibition publication or communication of information prejudicial to defence (2) Where an application for the registration of a design is filed with the Registrar, in accordance with this Act, and it appears to the Registrar that the application contains information, referred to in subsection (1), the Registrar may give directions prohibiting the publication or communication of such information to an unauthorised person for a period not exceeding three months from the date on which such application was to be published in accordance with section fifty. 76. (1) The directions issued by the Registrar, in section seventy-five, shall have the following effects on an application for the registration of a design: Effects of directions an application