32. (1) The statutory declaration and affidavits required by these Rules, or used in any proceedings thereunder, shall be headed in the matter or matters to which they relate, and shall be divided into paragraphs consecutively numbered, and each paragraph shall, so far as possible, be confined to one subject. (2) Every statutory declaration or affidavit shall state the description and true place of abode of the person making the same, and shall be typed, lithographed or printed. 33. The statutory declaration or affidavit shall be made and subscribed as follows, that is(a) in the Federation, before any justice of the peace, or any Commissioner for oaths or other officer authorised by law in any part of the Federation to administer an oath for the purposes of any legal proceedings; and (b) in a foreign country, before any diplomatic or consular officer of Nigeria authorised to administer oaths, or before any officer having an offlcial seal and authorised to administer oaths in the foreign country in which the applicant may be. 34. Any document purporting to have afflxed, impressed or subscribed thereto or thereon the seal or signature of any person authorised by the last foregoing rule to take a declaration in testimony that the declaration was made and subscribed before him, may be admitted by the Registrar without proof of the genuineness of the seal or signature, or of the official character of the person or his authority to take the declaration. 35. At any stage of any proceedings before the Registrar, he may direct that such documents, information or evidence as he may require shall be lodged, and may fix the period for the lodging thereof. ApPLICATION FOR COMPULSORY LICENCES 36. An application for the grant of a compulsory licence under Part I of the First Schedule to the Act shall be made on Form 7. Such application shall be accompanied by an unstamped copy thereof and a statement in duplicate setting out fully the nature of the applicant's interest and the facts upon which he bases his case. Copies of the application and the statement of the case shall be transmitted by the Registrar to the patentee.

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