Intellectual Property Act, No. 36 of 2003 39 (8) (a) If the fee for publication is paid within the prescribed period the Director-General shall proceed to publish the application setting out the date of application, number of the application, the name and address of the applicant and if the applicant is resident outside Sri Lanka, a postal address for service in Sri Lanka, the priority claimed, a description of the industrial design and the kind and class of the industrial design. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (6), (7) and paragraph (a) of subsection (8), the Director-General may in his discretion by a written notice, require the applicant to publish the application in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection (8) and in the form as indicated by the Director-General. Where the applicant fails or neglects to publish the application as required by the Director-General within a period of two months from the said notice of the Director-General, the application may be refused. (9) Where any person considers that the industrial design is not registrable on one or more grounds referred to in section 29 he may within a period of two months from the date of publication give to the Director-General in a prescribed form and together with the prescribed fee, notice of opposition to such registration stating his grounds of opposition accompanied by evidence to substantiate such grounds. (10) Where notice of opposition has not been received by the Director-General within the period specified in subsection (9) the Director-General shall register the industrial design. (11) Where, within the period specified in subsection (9) notice of opposition in the prescribed form is received by the Director-General, together with the prescribed fee, he shall serve a copy of such grounds of opposition on the applicant and shall request him to present his observations on those grounds in writing accompanied by evidence to support his application within a period of one month.