LAWS OF MALAWI Registered Designs Registered Designs Regulations (2) 42. 43. Registered Designs Cap. 49:05 [Subsidiary] A document purporting to be signed for or on behalf of a body corporate, shall be signed by a director or by the secretary or other principal officer of the body corporate, or by any other person who satisfies the Registrar that he is authorized to sign the document. Any document lodged in any proceedings before the Registrar may if the Registrar thinks fit, be amended, and any irregularity in procedure may be rectified on such terms as he may direct. Amendment of documents (1) Where, under these Regulations, any person is required to do any act or thing, or any document or evidence is required to be produced or lodged the Registrar may, upon the production of such evidence and subject to such terms and conditions as he may think fit, modify or dispense with the doing of the act or thing or the production of lodging of the document or Power of Registrar to evidence if he is satisfied that it is reasonable so to do. waive requirements (2) 44. (1) If in any particular case the Registrar is satisfied that the circumstances are such as to justify an extension of the time for doing any act or taking any proceedings under these Regulations, not being a time expressly provided in the Act or prescribed by regulation 11(2), he may extend the time upon such notice to other parties, and proceedings thereon, and upon such terms as he may direct, and the extension may be granted though the time has expired for doing the act or taking the proceeding. (2) 45. 46. 47. The Registrar may allow an application for a design, although not in accordance with these Regulations, to be left on such terms and conditions as he may think fit. In any such case the Registrar shall require the applicant to comply with these Regulations within the time specified by him. Until the prescribed requirements are complied with no further action shall be taken by the Registrar in respect of the application. Extension of time At any case of any proceedings before the Registrar, he may direct that such documents, information or evidence as he may require shall be lodged, and ma fix the period for the lodging thereof. Whenever the last day fixed by these Regulations for doing any act or thing at the Office shall fall on a day when the Office is not open, such day shall be an excluded day for the purpose of these Regulations, and it shall be an excluded day for the purpose of these Regulations, and it shall be lawful to do the act or ting on the first day following such excluded day which is not an excluded day. The Office shall be open to the public and the register shall be open to inspection on payment of the fee specified in the First Schedule every weekday, except Saturday, between the hours of nine and twelve, and half past one and half past three, and on Saturday between the hours of nine and twelve; except on public holidays. A copy of every application made to the Tribunal under the Act shall be served on the Registrar. 39 Excluded days Days and hours of business Copy of application to Tribunal to be served on Registrar