44 Certification Handling fee Ceasing of effect of basic application or basic registration Statement of grant of protection Provisional refusal of protection Trademarks No. 2 (3) Where the international application does not meet the prescribed requirements, the Trademarks Office shall not forward it to the International Bureau, and shall inform the applicant accordingly. 5.__(1) Where an international application complies with the prescribed requirements, the Registrar shall certify the international application, indicating the date on which the international application was received, and shall forward the international application to the International Bureau. (2) Where the international application does not comply with the prescribed requirements, the Registrar shall not forward the international application to the International Bureau, and shall inform the applicant accordingly. 6. An applicant shall pay the prescribed handling fee to the Registrar for the certification and transmittal to the International Bureau of an international application originating in Malawi. 7. Where, in accordance with Article 6 of the Madrid Protocol, a basic application the registration resulting from such application, or basic registration, ceases to have effect, the Registrar shall inform the International Bureau accordingly and shall request the cancellation of the international registration in respect of the goods and services affected. PART III__INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION IN RESPECT OF WHICH MALAWI IS A DESIGNATED CONTRACTING PARTY 8. Where an application for international registration of a trademark is received by the Trademarks Office from the International Bureau and all procedures before the Registrar have been completed and there is no ground for the Registrar to refuse protection, the Registrar shall, as soon as possible and before the expiry of the refusal period applicable under Article 5 of the Madrid Protocol, send to the International Bureau a statement to the effect that protection is granted to the mark in Malawi. 9.__(1) Where the Registrar finds that, in accordance with the Act, the mark that is the subject of an international registration designating Malawi cannot be protected, the Registrar shall, before the expiry of the refusal period applicable under Article 5 of the Madrid Protocol, notify to the International Bureau of a provisional refusal of protection, complying with the requirements of the Madrid Protocol and the Common Regulations. (2) The holder of the international registration shall enjoy the same remedies as if the mark had been filed for registration directly with the Registrar.