application or other matter made to the High Court under the provisions of the Act, he shall, after taking directions from the High Court, appoint a time and place for the hearing of the case, and shall give the parties at least fourteen days' notice of the appointment. (2) After hearing the party or parties desiring to be heard or, if none of the parties desires to be heard, then without a hearing, the High Court shall decide the case and notify its decision to the parties. 14. (1) All evidence shall be by affidavit unless otherwise directed by the High Court. Evidence by affidavit (2) Whenever a time is specified in this Part within which any act or thing is to be done, the Registrar of Designs may, on application made to him in writing, extend the time either before or after its expiration or within any extended period. 15. If the applicant notifies the High Court that he does not desire to Costs proceed with an application, the High Court in deciding whether costs should be awarded to the other party shall consider whether proceedings might have been avoided if such other party had given reasonable notice to the applicant before the application to the High Court was filed. PART IV TAXATION OF COSTS 16. The registrar of the High Court shall be the Taxing Officer for the Registrar of purpose of taxing a bill of costs of a legal practitioner, and in the Tribunal to be taxation of costs shall comply with such instructions as may from time Taxing Officer to time be given to him by the High Court for that purpose. 17. (1) With a view to affording the party who has been awarded an Necessary and order for costs a full indemnity for all costs reasonably incurred by him proper costs to in relation to his application or opposition, and to ensure that all such be allowed costs shall be borne by the party against whom such order has been awarded by the High Court, the Taxing Officer shall on every taxation allow all such costs, charges and expenses as appear to him to have been