Trade Marks.

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register such mark in respect of any goods other than the goods so named or described.

Where the name or description of any goods appears on a trade mark which name or description in use varies, the Registrar may permit the registration of the mark with the name or description upon it for goods other than those named or described, the applicant stating in his application that the name or description varies.

Application for registration.

18. Every application for the registration of a trade mark shall be addressed to the Registrar in Form 1 in the Second Schedule and shall be accompanied by three additional representations of the trade mark exactly corresponding to that affixed on the said Form 1 and also by a statutory declaration in Form 2 in the said Schedule or an affidavit to the same effect.

And in the case of a trade mark consisting of a name, signature, word or words other than such as fall within the descriptions in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of section 9 of the Ordinance, there shall be added to such application a request that the same shall be referred to the Governor or the court (at the option of the applicant) for an order that the said trade mark may be deemed distinctive; and the Registrar shall refer such application accordingly.

Such statutory declaration or affidavit must be made by the applicant in person subject to the provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e) of rule 89.

19. In the case of an application for the registration of an old mark there shall be furnished a certificate of the registration of the mark in the United Kingdom, whereto shall be affixed a copy of the mark.

20. If application for registration of a trade mark is made by a firm or partnership it may be signed in the name or for and on behalf of the firm or partnership by any one or more members thereof.

If the application is made by a body corporate it may be signed by a director or by the secretary or other principal officer of such body corporate.

Any application may be signed by an agent.

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