Industrial Design [No. 22 of 2016 533 (3) Where a correction of a clerical error is proposed to be made by the Registrar, other than upon a request referred to in subsection (1), the Registrar shall inform the applicant, in the prescribed manner, of the correction proposed to be made. 35. A person making an application for the registration of a design may, at any time before registration, notification of rejection or refusal to register, withdraw the application, in a prescribed manner and upon payment of the prescribed fee. Withdrawal of application 36. The Registrar may, at any time before an application for the registration of a design is withdrawn, or the registration of a design is granted, revoke the acceptance of the application, in the prescribed manner, where the Registrar is satisfied that the application contains a material misrepresentation or a false statement which the applicant knew of at the time when the declaration was made. Revocation of acceptance 37. Subject to this Act, an application for the registration of a design shall lapse where an applicant fails to amend the application to the satisfaction of the Registrar, within the prescribe period, as provided in subsection (2) of section thirty-nine, unless— Lapse of application (a) an appeal has been lodged in respect of the application; or (b) the period within which such appeal may be lodged has not expired. 38. An applicant for the registration of a design or any other application referred to in this Act, who is not resident in Zambia, shall, for matters connected with or incidental to the filing and processing of an application by the Registrar, operate through a patent agent appointed in accordance with the Patents Act, 2016 Filing of application by nonresident PART V EXAMINATION, PUBLICATION AND OPPOSITION 39. (1) Where a person making an application for the registration of a design has paid the prescribed fee and the application has not lapsed, refused, withdrawn or treated as withdrawn by the Registrar, the Registrar shall conduct a formalities examination to ascertain compliance of the application with this Act and its regulations. Examination for compliance with requirements