LAWS OF MALAWI
Registered Designs
Registered Designs Regulations
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Registered Designs
Cap. 49:05
[Subsidiary]
A document purporting to be signed for or on behalf of a body corporate, shall be signed
by a director or by the secretary or other principal officer of the body corporate, or by
any other person who satisfies the Registrar that he is authorized to sign the document.
Any document lodged in any proceedings before the Registrar may if the Registrar thinks fit, be
amended, and any irregularity in procedure may be rectified on such terms as he may direct.
Amendment of
documents
(1) Where, under these Regulations, any person is required to do any act or thing, or any
document or evidence is required to be produced or lodged the Registrar may, upon the
production of such evidence and subject to such terms and conditions as he may think fit, modify
or dispense with the doing of the act or thing or the production of lodging of the document or
Power of Registrar to
evidence if he is satisfied that it is reasonable so to do.
waive requirements
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(1) If in any particular case the Registrar is satisfied that the circumstances are such as to justify
an extension of the time for doing any act or taking any proceedings under these Regulations, not
being a time expressly provided in the Act or prescribed by regulation 11(2), he may extend the
time upon such notice to other parties, and proceedings thereon, and upon such terms as he may
direct, and the extension may be granted though the time has expired for doing the act or taking
the proceeding.
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The Registrar may allow an application for a design, although not in accordance with
these Regulations, to be left on such terms and conditions as he may think fit. In any
such case the Registrar shall require the applicant to comply with these Regulations
within the time specified by him. Until the prescribed requirements are complied with
no further action shall be taken by the Registrar in respect of the application.
Extension of time
At any case of any proceedings before the Registrar, he may direct that such documents,
information or evidence as he may require shall be lodged, and ma fix the period for the
lodging thereof.
Whenever the last day fixed by these Regulations for doing any act or thing at the Office shall fall
on a day when the Office is not open, such day shall be an excluded day for the purpose of these
Regulations, and it shall be an excluded day for the purpose of these Regulations, and it shall be
lawful to do the act or ting on the first day following such excluded day which is not an excluded
day.
The Office shall be open to the public and the register shall be open to inspection on payment of
the fee specified in the First Schedule every weekday, except Saturday, between the hours of nine
and twelve, and half past one and half past three, and on Saturday between the hours of nine and
twelve; except on public holidays.
A copy of every application made to the Tribunal under the Act shall be served on the Registrar.
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Excluded days
Days and hours of
business
Copy of application
to Tribunal to be
served on Registrar