16 Duration of rights and renewals Trademarks No. 2 24.__(1) The registration of a trademark shall be for a period of ten years but may be renewed from time to time in accordance with this section. (2)The Registrar shall, on application made by the owner of a registered trademark in the prescribed form, renew the registration of the trademark for further periods of ten years from the date of expiry of the registration. (3) Where a trademark is removed from the Register for failure of renewal, it shall nevertheless, for the purpose of any application for the registration of a trademark during a period of six months after the date of removal, be deemed to be a trademark that is already in the Register. (4) Subsection (3) shall not apply where the Registrar or the Tribunal in the event of an appeal from the decision of the Registrar, is satisfied either that__ (a) there has been no trade use of the trademark that has been removed during the three years immediately preceding its removal; or (b) no deception or confusion would likely arise from the use of the trademark that is the subject of an application for registration by reason of any previous use of the trademark that has been removed. Removal of trademark for non-use Use of one of associated or substantially identical trademarks equivalent to use of another (5) The Registrar may, on application by the owner of the trademark within a period of one year after removal, restore a trademark the in Register unless if it was not used in the three years preceding its removal. 25. The Registrar may on application by any interested person, remove a trademark from the Register if he is satisfied that the trademark has not been used in relation to the goods or services for a continuous period of five years after registration. 26.__(1) Where under this Act, use of a registered trademark is required to be proved for any purpose, the Registrar, or the Appeals Tribunal in the event of an appeal from a decision of the Registrar, may accept use of an associated registered trade mark, or of the trademark with additions or alterations which do not substantially affect the identity, and use of the trademark. (2) The use of the whole of a registered trademark shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be a use of any registered trademark, being a part thereof, registered in the name of the same owner.