Examination
of
application for a
mark
Examination as to
registrability
number and filing date.
33. (1) Where on examination of the
application for registration of a mark, the
Registrar General considers that the
application is incomplete or defective in a
material particular, he or she may request the
applicant to make such corrections as he or
she thinks fit in form M3 within thirty days.
(2) Where the applicant fails to submit the
necessary correction in writing within thirty
days, the application shall be deemed to have
been withdrawn.
(3) The Registrar General may refuse an
application if the corrections requested under
subregulation (1) do not satisfy him or her,
and the applicant shall be informed
accordingly.
34. (1) The Registrar General may either
simultaneously with his or her examination
under regulation 33 or on completion of that
procedure, examine the application in
accordance with section 29(1) of the Act and
(a) accept it without conditions;
(b) accept it subject to conditions (in
which case he or she shall notify the
applicant of those conditions, giving
the applicant not less than thirty days
to agree or object); or
(c) reject the application.
(2) Where the Registrar General is satisfied
that an application fulfils the conditions set out
in section 29(1) of the Act and accepts the
application or accepts it subject to any
conditions or limitations to which the applicant
does not object, the Registrar General shall
give the applicant a notice of acceptance in
form M4, including a request in form M3 for
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