agent is¾ (a) a legal practitioner; or (b) registered as a patent agent in the Register of Patent Agents kept in terms of the Patents Act; or (c) registered as a trade mark agent in the Register of Trade Mark Agents kept in terms of the Trade Marks Act [Chapter 26:04]. 51 Lodging and authentication of documents (1) Any application, notice or document which, under this Act is required or permitted to be lodged, made or given at the Designs Office or to the Registrar or to any other person, may be delivered by hand or sent by registered post. (2) No authentication shall be required in respect of any document lodged in the Designs Office under this Act or used in proceedings before the Registrar or the Tribunal. 52 Notice of trusts not to be entered in Register No notice of any trust, whether express, implied or constructive, shall be entered in the Register, and the Registrar shall not be affected by any such notice. 53 Provisions as to fees (1) Where, under this Act, a fee is payable in respect of¾ (a) the doing of anything by the Registrar, the Registrar shall not do that thing until the fee has been paid; (b) the doing of anything by any person other than the Registrar, the thing shall be deemed not to have been done until the fee has been paid; (c) the lodging of a document, the document shall be deemed not to have been lodged until the fee has been paid. (2) All fees shall be paid at the Designs Office in such manner as the Registrar, with the approval of the Minister, may accept. 54 Publication of matters in Journal The Minister may direct the Registrar to publish in the Journal any reports of cases on layout-designs and other relevant matters that the Minister thinks desirable. 55 Saving of rights in respect of articles forfeited to the State Nothing in this Act shall affect the right of the State or of any person deriving title directly or indirectly from the State to sell or use articles forfeited to the President under any enactment. 56 Regulations (1) The Minister may make regulations prescribing anything which under this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or which, in his opinion, is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act or for its better administration. (2) Regulations made in terms of subsection (1) may provide for¾ (a) the form of applications for the registration of layout-designs and the form of any copies and drawings and other documents that may be lodged at the Designs Office; (b) the number of copies of any article or document to be lodged at the Designs Office; (c) the procedure to be followed in connection with any application or request to the Registrar and in any proceedings before him, including the condoning of procedural irregularities; (d) the service of notices and other documents in connection with proceedings under this Act; (e) a tariff of the fees payable in respect of any application, registration or other matter under this Act; (f) the conduct of the business of the Designs Office; (g) the provision of services by the Designs Office, including the provision of information regarding layout-designs, and the fees and charges payable for such services;

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