(b) and which are imported into or enter the Republic during the period specified in the application. However, that period may not extend beyond the last day of the period for which that intellectual property right subsists. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the applicant may furnish to the Commissioner a specimen of the goods that are protected goods of the nature contemplated in paragraph (a) of the definition of 'protected goods' in section 1 (1) (if any) and to which the subject matter of his or her relevant intellectual property right relates, and sufficient information and particulars as to the subsistence and extent of that intellectual property right and as to his or her title to that right. (3) The Commissioner must consider and deal with an application in terms of subsection (1) without delay, and must grant the application if satisfied on reasonable grounds(a) that the goods claimed to be protected goods, are prima facie protected goods; (b) that the intellectual property right, the subject matter of which relates to the protected goods, prima facie subsists; and (c) that the applicant prima facie is the owner of that intellectual property right. (4) When an application made in terms of subsection (1) has been granted and notice thereof given in terms of subsection (5), all goods that are counterfeit goods of the type with reference to which that application was made (hereafter called the stipulated goods), or suspected on reasonable grounds to be stipulated goods, and imported into or entering the Republic from time to time during the period determined by the Commissioner (which may be shorter than the period applied for), may be seized and detained by the customs authorities in performing their functions under the Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (Act 91 of 1964), subject to the provisions of subsections (6) and (7) of this section. (5) The Commissioner, by written notice (issued within a reasonable time after having decided the application) must notify the applicant whether the application has been granted or refused, and- (6) (a) if granted, state the period during which any stipulated goods being imported into or entering the Republic will be made subject to seizure and become subject to detention under subsection (4); (b) if refused, state the reasons for the refusal. For the purposes of acting under subsection (4) in relation to goods that are stipulated goods or suspected on reasonable grounds to be stipulated goods(a) any member of the customs authorities will act mutatis mutandis as if he or she were an inspector who, in connection

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