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[r. 42 cont.]
Extension of time.
Security for costs.
Non-completion within 12 months.
Entry in register.
Trade Marks.
receives such notice, and who does not within seven days from the receipt thereof give notice on the said Form 6 that he intends to appear, may be treated as not desiring to be heard and the Registrar may act accordingly.
43. Where in opposition proceedings any extension of time is granted to any party the Registrar may thereafter, if he thinks fit, without giving the said party a hearing, grant any reasonable extension of time to the other party in which to take any subsequent step.
44. Where a party giving notice of opposition neither resides nor carries on business in the Colony the Registrar may call upon him to give a security in such form as the Registrar may deem sufficient for the costs of the proceedings before the Registrar, for such amount as to the Registrar may seem fit, and at any stage in such opposition may require further security to be given at any time before giving his decision in the case.
Non-completion.
45. Where registration of a trade mark is not completed within twelve months from the date of the application by reason of default on the part of the applicant, the Registrar shall give notice to the applicant or to his agent in writing of such non-completion. If after fourteen days from the date when such notice was sent the registration is not completed, the application shall be deemed to be abandoned, but the Registrar may, with such notice, where the applicant lives at a distance, give a further time after such fourteen days for the completion of such application.
Entry in the register.
46. As soon as may be after the expiration of three months from the date of the first advertisement in the Gazette of any application, the Registrar shall, subject to any opposition and the determination thereof, and upon payment of the prescribed fee on Form 7 in the Second Schedule, enter the trade mark in the register. The entry of a trade mark in the register shall give the date of the registration, the goods in respect of which it is registered
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