abandoned or refused, neither the application for registration nor any
representation or specimen of the design lodged in pursuance thereof
shall at any time be open to inspection at the Designs Office or be
published by the Registrar.
(As amended by Act No. 16 of 1980).
28. On the request of any person furnishing such information as may Information as
to existence of
enable the Registrar to identify the design and on payment of the
copyright
prescribed fee, the Registrar shall inform him whether the design is
registered, and, if so, in respect of what articles, and whether any
extension of the period of copyright in relation to that design has been
granted and shall state the date of registration and the name and address
of the registered proprietor.
Certificate of
29. The Registrar shall grant a certificate of registration in the
prescribed form to the registered proprietor of a design when the design registration
is registered.
Copies of
30. The Registrar may, in a case where he is satisfied that the
certificate of registration referred to in section twenty-nine has been lost certificates of
or destroyed, or in any other case in which he thinks it expedient, furnish registration
one or more copies of the certificate.
31. Without prejudice to any provisions of this Act requiring the
Registrar to hear any party to proceedings thereunder, or, to give to any
such party an opportunity to be heard, the Registrar shall give to any
applicant for registration of a design an opportunity to be heard before
exercising adversely to this Act. the applicant any discretion vested in
the Registrar by or under this Act.
Exercise of
discretionary
powers of
Registrar
32. (1) Subject to the provisions of section fifty-five, evidence in any
proceedings before the Registrar under this Act shall be given by
affidavit, so, however, that the Registrar may, if he thinks fit in any
particular case, take oral evidence on oath in lieu of or in addition to
such evidence as aforesaid and may allow any witness to be
cross-examined on his affidavit or oral evidence.
Proceedings
before Registrar
(2) The powers, rights and privileges of the Registrar in proceedings
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before him under this Act shall be the same as those conferred upon
commissioners by the Inquiries Act and the provisions of that Act shall,