No. 12 Trade and Service Marks 1986 4. (a) The President shall by Government Notice published in the Gazette appoint a Registrar of Trade and Service Marks who shall perform the duties and exercise powers imposed or conferred by this Act and shall be responsible for its administration. (b) The Minister shall appoint one or more Deputy Registrars of Trade and Service Marks who shall, subject to the directions of the Registrar have all the powers and privileges conferred by this Act on the Registrar. (c) The Minister shall appoint such examiners and other officers as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act. 5.-(]) The Registrar shall have a seal of such device as may be approved by the Minister provided always that until such seal has been obtained a stamp in such form as the minister may approve shall be used in lieu thereof. (2) The Seal shall be used in the manner as shall be directed by the Registrar. (3) Impressions of such a Seal or stamp shall be judicially noticed and admitted in evidence. 6.-(1) The Registrar shall maintain a register in which he shall record all trade and service marks granted under this Act and such other matters as may be prescribed. (2) Any person may on request consult the Trade and Service Marks Register and may take extracts or any information from it on payment of a prescribed fee. 7. Entries made in the Trade and Service Marks Register in pursuance of this Act may be proved by such documents and copies certified in the manner as may be directed by the Registrar, and the copies of such entries shall be evidence of any matter required by this Act. 8. Without prejudice to any law the Registrar shall give any party to a proceeding before him an opportunity of being heard before exercising adversely to that party any discretion vested in the Registrar by this Act or regulations. 9. Subject to the provisions of section 10, any other proceedings before the Registrar under this Act, evidence shall be given by affidavit and the Registrar may, if he deems fit take oral evidence on oath in lieu or in addition to such other evidence and shall cross-examine any witness on such evidence. 10. Any person who is required under the provisions of this Act to take any oath or swear to an affidavit shall, in lieu thereof, make Conditions of Oaths and affirmation shall conform with the provisions of a ''Statutory Declaration'' as provided for in section 3 of the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act, 1972. 11. In all proceedings before the Registrar, under this Act, the Registrar shall award to any party such costs as he may consider reasonable and may direct how and by which parties they are to be paid, and any such order may, by leave of the court or judge thereof, been forced in the same manner as a judgment or order of the court to the same effect. 7 Officers of the Trade and services marks office Seal of the Registrar of Trade and Service Mark Register of trade and service marks Evidence Hearing before excise of discretion Proceeding before a Registrar Oaths and affirmations Power to award costs