120 Government Gazette 23 March 2012 Act No. 1, 2012 No. 4907 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ACT, 2012 (a) prescribing the functions and operations of the Office, including the provision of information and other services to be provided by such office, as contemplated in sections 2 and 3; (b) prescribing the procedure for consulting and obtaining extracts from registers referred to in section 7(1) and (2); (c) prescribing fees for the grant of patents and utility model certificates, and the registration of industrial designs, trade marks including certification trade marks and collective trade marks, as well as fees for copies thereof and any related matters; (d) prescribing the information required to be published in terms of section 9; (e) relating to the processing and examination of patents, utility models, industrial designs, trade marks including certification trade marks and collective trade marks as well as trade names; (f) designating and appointing an external search and examination authority as contemplated in section 37; (g) relating to the filing and prosecution of appeals under this Act; (h) prescribing any time limits referred to in this Act; (i) prescribing provisions concerning the processing of international applications under this Act and related matters; (j) prescribing the surcharge payable in respect of the late payment of any renewal fees; (k) prescribing the period within which to oppose the registration of a trade mark and the manner in which this may be done in terms of section 147; (l) prescribing the manner in which and the procedure by which the restoration of a patent, design or trade mark or the amendment of a patent, design or trade mark may be opposed as provided for in this Act; (m) prescribing the manner of giving notice of, or applying for, the surrender or the invalidation of a patent or design in terms of sections 64 or 65 and 120 or 121 respectively; (n) prescribing the procedure for and evidence to be submitted to remove or invalidate the registration of a trade mark in terms of sections 178 and 179 respectively; (o) prescribing the manner in which a request is to be made and the fee payable, to correct an error or rectify the register in terms of sections 209 and 210;