provisional specification as the drawings or part of the drawings for his lodged with
provisional
complete specification, he shall refer to them in the complete
specification as those lodged with the provisional specification.
specification
PART IV
EXAMINATION OF
APPLICATIONS AND
ACCEPTANCE OF
COMPLETE SPECIFICATIONS
19. (1) When the Registrar, in making the investigation under section Examination
sixteen, finds that the application or specification does not comply with procedure under
section 16
the requirements of subsection (1), the Registrar may refuse to accept
the application or require the application or the specification which
accompanied it to be amended in such manner as may be necessary.
(2) The Registrar may appoint a hearing if he considers it desirable to
do so, having regard to the time remaining for putting the application in
order or other circumstances of the case.
(3) When a hearing is appointed, the applicant shall be given fourteen
days' notice of the appointment or such shorter notice as appears to the
Registrar to be reasonable in the circumstances and shall as soon as
possible notify the Registrar whether he will attend the hearing.
(4) After hearing the applicant, or without a hearing if the applicant has
not attended or has notified that he does not desire to be heard, the
Registrar may direct or permit such amendment of the specification as
will be to his satisfaction, and may refuse to accept the specification
unless such amendment is made within such period as he may fix.
20. An application under section twenty for extension of time for
accepting a complete specification shall be given in Form No. 9.
Extension of
time under
section 20