abandoned or refused, neither the application for registration nor any representation or specimen of the design lodged in pursuance thereof shall at any time be open to inspection at the Designs Office or be published by the Registrar. (As amended by Act No. 16 of 1980). 28. On the request of any person furnishing such information as may Information as to existence of enable the Registrar to identify the design and on payment of the copyright prescribed fee, the Registrar shall inform him whether the design is registered, and, if so, in respect of what articles, and whether any extension of the period of copyright in relation to that design has been granted and shall state the date of registration and the name and address of the registered proprietor. Certificate of 29. The Registrar shall grant a certificate of registration in the prescribed form to the registered proprietor of a design when the design registration is registered. Copies of 30. The Registrar may, in a case where he is satisfied that the certificate of registration referred to in section twenty-nine has been lost certificates of or destroyed, or in any other case in which he thinks it expedient, furnish registration one or more copies of the certificate. 31. Without prejudice to any provisions of this Act requiring the Registrar to hear any party to proceedings thereunder, or, to give to any such party an opportunity to be heard, the Registrar shall give to any applicant for registration of a design an opportunity to be heard before exercising adversely to this Act. the applicant any discretion vested in the Registrar by or under this Act. Exercise of discretionary powers of Registrar 32. (1) Subject to the provisions of section fifty-five, evidence in any proceedings before the Registrar under this Act shall be given by affidavit, so, however, that the Registrar may, if he thinks fit in any particular case, take oral evidence on oath in lieu of or in addition to such evidence as aforesaid and may allow any witness to be cross-examined on his affidavit or oral evidence. Proceedings before Registrar (2) The powers, rights and privileges of the Registrar in proceedings Cap. 41 before him under this Act shall be the same as those conferred upon commissioners by the Inquiries Act and the provisions of that Act shall,