nature of the proposed amendment shall be advertised by the applicant
in the Patent Journal in the manner provided for in Form No. 32.
complete
specification
(As amended by F.G.N. No. 55 of 1960)
56. An application for leave to amend a specification shall be
accompanied by a copy, certified by the applicant or his agent, of the
original specification, or of those pages of specification or drawings in
which the proposed amendment appears, clearly showing in red ink the
amendment sought.
Certified copy
of original
specification to
accompany
application
57. (1) Any person wishing to oppose an application for amendment
under regulation 55 shall give notice to the Registrar in Form No. 33.
Opposition
(2) Such notice shall be accompanied by a statement setting out fully
the nature of the objector's interest, the facts upon which he relies and
the relief he seeks.
(3) A copy of the notice and of any statement which accompanies such
notice shall be served by the objector on the applicant.
(4) Upon notice of opposition being given, the provisions of regulations
25 to 29 and of regulation 43 shall mutatis mutandis apply in respect of
the proceedings hold before the Registrar under section forty-three.
58. (1) When leave to amend a specification is given the applicant
shall, if the Registrar so requires and within a time to be fixed by him,
lodge a new specification and drawings as amended.
(2) Where an application for leave to amend a specification is made
pursuant to an order of the High Court, such application shall be
accompanied by a copy of such order certified by the registrar of or the
High Court the Supreme Court, as the case may be.
PART XII
New
specification
and drawings as
amended may
be required