IPIN/lINGA/T/2 Page 14 (2) Every application claiming priority under section 44 of the Act by reason of an application to register the trade mark made or deemed to have been made in a Convention country as defined in section 44(5) of the Act which country shall be named, shall state the date of that application and the applicant shall furnish a certificate by the Registrar or other registering authority of that country, or shall otherwise verify the application made or deemed to have been made therein to the satisfaction of the Registrar. (3) In the case of an application for registration in respect of all the goods included in a class or of a large variety of goods, the Registrar may refuse to accept the application unless he is satisfied that the specification is justified by the use of the mark which the applicant has made, or intends to make if and when it is registered. Address for applications. 24. All applications to register trade marks shall be made, addressed and sent to the Registrar of Trade Marks, Federal Ministry of Trade, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. Representation of mark. 25. (1) Every application for the registration of a trade mark shall contain a representation of the mark in the space provided on the application form for that purpose. (2) Where the representation exceeds such space in size the representation shall be mounted upon linen, tracing cloth or such other material as the Registrar may consider suitable. Part of the mounting shall be affixed in the space aforesaid and the rest may be folded. 26. (1) There shall be sent with every application for registration of a trade mark (other than a certification trade mark) four additional representations of the mark on Form 3. Additional forms and representations. (2) The representation of the mark on the application and its duplicate (if any) and the additional representations shall correspond exactly. (3) The additional representations shall in all cases be noted with all such particulars as may from time to time be required by the Registrar; and such particulars shall, if req uired, be signed by the applicant or his agent. 27. All representations of marks must be of a durable nature, but th~ applicant may in case of need supply, in place of representations on Form 3, representations on sheets of foolscap paper of the size prescribed in regulation 9 of these Regulations and noted as aforesaid. Representations to be durable.

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