(3)
Only one side of each sheet contained in the application shall be
used.
(4) All elements of the application shall be on paper which is flexible,
strong, white, smooth, nonshiny and durable.
(5) The size of the sheets shall be A4 (29.7 cm. x 21 cm.), but the
registrar may accept sheets of other sizes.
(6) Subject to regulation 21(3) of these Regulations, the minimum
margins of sheets shall be as follows—
(a) upper margin of each page, except the first page: 20 mm.;
(b) upper margin of the first page: 30 mm.;
(c) side margin adjacent to the bindings: 25 mm.;
(d) other side margin: 20 mm.; and
(e) bottom margin: 20 mm.
(7) All sheets shall be numbered at the top of the sheet and in the
middle, in consecutive Arabic numerals.
(8) In effecting the sequential numbering of the sheets, the elements
of the application shall be placed in the following order—
(a) the request;
(b) the description;
(c) the claims;
(d) the abstract; and
(e) the drawings.
(9) The sequential numbering of the sheets shall be effected by using
three separate series of numbering as follows—
(a) the first series shall apply to the request only and shall commence
with the first sheet of the request;
(b) the second series shall commence with the first sheet of the
description and continue through the claims until the last sheet of
the abstract; and
(c) the third series shall apply to the sheets of the drawings only and
shall commence with the first sheet of the drawings.
(10) In the application, every fifth line of each sheet of the description
and the claims shall be numbered in Arabic numerals placed to the left of the
relevant lines but to the right of the margin.