b) The application for registration of a mark shall contain: i. a request for registration; ii. a sufficiently clear reproduction or representation of the mark, as prescribed; iii. iv. a list of the goods or services for which registration of the mark is requested, grouped in accordance with the applicable class or classes of the International Classification Marks; proof of payment of the prescribed application fee; and v. shall comply with other prescribed requirements. c) When the mark consists of a sign that is not visually perceptible, the application shall contain a graphic representation of the mark. Such representation may not consist of a written description of the sign. d) The application may contain a declaration claiming, in accordance with the Paris Convention, the priority of one or more earlier applications filed for the same mark in respect of corresponding goods or services, by the applicant or his predecessor in title, in or for any State party to the said Convention or any Member of the World Trade Organization. e) The period of priority shall be for six months and shall be computed in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of the Paris Convention, that is from the date of filing of the first application, but shall exclude the day of filing in the six months period, and shall end on the last day of the period unless an official holiday or a day the Intellectual Property Office is not open in which case the period shall be extended until the next working day for the filing of application. f) The effect of claiming priority shall be in compliance with the Paris Convention, in particular, an application filed within the priority period shall not be refused or invalidated by reason of any acts occurring during that period, in particular, another filing or the publication or used of the mark, and such acts shall not give rise to any third-part right or any right of personal possession. g) Where the application contains a declaration claiming priority the Director General may request the applicant to furnish, within the prescribed time limit which shall not be less than three months from the date of filing, a copy of the earlier application certified as correct by the foreign authority with which it was filed. The Director General may also request that the copy be accompanied by a certificate from that authority showing the date of filing, and by a translation into English. h) If the Director General finds that the conditions for the right of priority or the requirements for claiming priority have not been fulfilled, the declaration claiming priority shall be considered not to have been made. 39