IP/N/] IGHA/T/I Page 15 (2) Any person may, within the prescribed time from the date of the advertisement of an application, give notice to the Registrar of opposition to the registration.. (3) The notice shall be given in writing in the prescribed manner, and shall include a statement of the grounds of opposition" (4) The Registrar shall send a copy of the notice to the applicant, and within the prescribed time after receipt thereof the applicant must send .to the Registrar in the prescribed manner, a counter-statement of the grounds on which he relies for his application, and, if he does not do so, he shall be deemed to have abandoned his application" (5) If the applicant sends a counter-statement under subsection (4) of this section, the Registrar shall furnish a copy thereof to the persons giving .notice of opposition and shall, after hearing the .parties, if so required, and considering the evidence, decide whether, and subject to what conditions or limitations, if any, registration is to be permitted and shall notify the applicant and the opponent accordingly. (6) The applicant or the opponent may, within the prescribed time after the date of notification of the decision of the Registrar, apply to the Registrar for a written statement of the grounds of his decision" (7) A person desiring to appeal under section 48 of this Act against a decision of the Registrar under this section must apply to the Registrar under subsection (6) of this section for the written statement therein referred to, and on the appeal the Court shall, if required, hear the parties and the Registrar and shall make an order determining whether, and subject to what conditions or limitations, if any, registration is to be permitted. (8) Except by leave of the Court, no appeal against a decision of the Registrar under this section shall be made save within a period of two months from the date of dispatch to the applicant of the statement in writing referred to in subsection (6) of this section or within such further period not exceeding three months as the Registrar may allow (upon request received before the expiration of the said period of two months).. (9) On the hearing of an appeal under section 48 of this Act against a decision of the Registrar under this section any party may, either in the manner prescribed or by special leave of the Court, bring forward further material for the consideration of the Court.