60 Government Gazette 23 March 2012 Act No. 1, 2012 No. 4907 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ACT, 2012 Right of priority 101. The provisions of section 29 relating to the right of priority do apply as if the design is an invention and the application for registration of the design is an application for a patent. Filing date of application 102. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Registrar must accord as the filing date the date of receipt of the application. (2) Despite subsection (1), the Registrar must accord as the filing date the date referred to in subsection (1) only if the application meets the following requirements: (a) the prescribed application fee is paid; (b) the application contains the name or indications allowing the identity of the applicant to be established; and (c) the application contains a graphic representation of the article embodying the design. (3) Section 34(2), (3) and (4) relating to corrections to an application do, with the necessary changes, apply as if the application for a design is an application for a patent. Examination as to form and substance 103. (1) After according a filing date, the Registrar must, in the prescribed manner, further examine whether the application complies with the requirements of section 100(1), (2) and (3). (2) If the Registrar finds that the application complies with the requirements of subsection (1), the Registrar must further examine whether the design complies with the requirements of sections 92, 93 and 94. PART 4 REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND AMENDMENT OF DESIGN APPLICATIONS OR REGISTRATIONS Registration of industrial design 104. (1) Where the Registrar finds that the requirements referred in section 103 have been satisfied, either initially or after changes as contemplated in subsection (3), the Registrar must register the design. (2) Where the Registrar finds that the requirements referred to in subsection (1) have not been satisfied, the Registrar must notify the applicant in the manner prescribed that the application does not comply with the requirements, setting out the reasons for the finding, and inviting the applicant to make such changes to the documents as filed as may be necessary to satisfy the requirements.