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Enlargement of time.
Fees paid late by persons living at distances from office.
Certificate by Registrar.
Marks registered without
limitation
of colour.
Certificates for use in obtaining registration abroad.
Trade Marks.
Enlargement of time.
84. The time prescribed by these rules for doing any act or taking any proceeding thereunder may be enlarged by the Registrar, if he thinks fit and upon such notice to other parties and proceedings thereon, and upon such terms, as he may direct, and such enlargement may be granted though the time has expired for doing such act or taking such proceeding.
85. Where a time for paying a fee is limited by these rules and the person who is bound to pay such fee resides at such distance from the office that he cannot reasonably be expected to pay the fee on the date limited by the rule, the Registrar, if satisfied that the omission to pay the fee has not been from any want of diligence on the part of the person whose business it is to pay it, may accept the fee even though the date for paying the fee has passed and treat it as if received on the correct date, provided always that the fee is actually paid with such promptitude as can be expected in the circumstances.
Certificates.
86. The Registrar, when required otherwise than under section 17 of the Ordinance to give a certificate as to any entry, matter or thing which he is authorized by the said Ordinance or any of these rules to make or do, may, on receipt of a request in writing and on payment of the prescribed fee, give such certificate, but every certificate of registration so given shall have specified on the face thereof whether the same is to be used in legal proceedings or for the purpose of obtaining registration abroad or for purposes other than use in legal proceedings or obtaining registration abroad.
87. Where a mark is registered without limitation of colour it shall be lawful for the Registrar to grant a certificate of its registration for the purpose of obtaining registration abroad either in the colour in which it appears upon the register or in any other colour or colours.
88. Where a certificate of registration is desired for use in obtaining registration abroad the Registrar shall affix to the said certificate a copy of the mark and shall state in such
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