Act 3 Industrial Property Act 2014 (5) Where it is apparent from the report on the international-type search or from the declaration on the non-establishment of the report, that— (a) the description, the claim or, where applicable, the drawings do not comply, in whole or in part, with the prescribed requirements to such an extent that no meaningful search could be carried out; (b) the application does not comply, in whole or in part, with the requirements of unity of invention prescribed by section 22 and the rules pertaining to it; or (c) the invention claimed in the application does not fulfill the requirements of novelty, the registrar shall reject the application unless the applicant either satisfies him or her that the requirements have been fulfilled or amends or divides the application so as to comply with the requirements. (6) The details of the requirements and the procedures under this section shall be prescribed by regulations. 31. Examination as to substance. (1) The registrar may, by notice in the Gazette— (a) direct that an application for a patent which relates to a specified field or specified technical fields shall be subject to an examination as to substance; or (b) amend any direction issued under paragraph (a). (2) Where an application for a patent satisfies the requirements specified in section 28(1) and the subject matter of the application does not fall within a technical field specified under subsection (1), the registrar shall notify the applicant and the applicant shall, within three years from the filing date of the application, submit a request in the prescribed form for the examination of the application under subsection (4). 34

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