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TM-No. 50, or in such other written form as the Registrar may deem sufficient. In case of such appointment, service upon the agent of any document relating to the proceeding or matter shall be deemed to be service upon the person su appointing him, all communications directed to be made to such person in respect of the proceeding or matter may be addressed to such agent, and all attendances upon the Registrar relating thereto may be made by or through such agent. In any particular case the Registrar may require the personal signature or presence of an applicant, opponent, proprietor, registered user or other person,

(3) The Registrar shall not be bound to recognize as such agent any person who has been convicted criminally or struck off the roll kept under and in accordance with the provisions of the (Cap. 159). Legal Practitioners Ordinance and of any regulations made thereunder or (during the term of his suspension) any person who has been suspended from acting as an attorney, solicitor, or proctor.

Certificates by Registrar.

Certificate of mark registered without limitation

of colour.

Certificates.

108. The Registrar may give a certificate, other than a certificate under section 17(3), as to any entry, malter or thing which he is authorized or required by the Ordinance or these rules to make or do, upon receipt of a request therefor on a franked Form TM-No. 51 from any person who, if the Registrar thinks fit so to require, can show an interest in the entry, matter or thing to his satisfaction. The Registrar shall include in the certificate a copy of any mark if he is furnished by the applicant with a copy thereof suitable for the purpose. 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.

104. Where a mark is registered without limitation of colour the Registrar may 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; but in the last-mentioned case the certificate shall be marked **FOR USE IN OBTAINING REGISTRATION ABROAD ONLY",

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105. Where a certificate of registration of a trade mark is Certificate desired for use in obtaining registration abroad, the Registrar obtaining shall include in the certificate a copy of the mark and may require registra the applicant for the certificate to furnish him with a copy of the abroad. mark suitable for the purpose and, if the applicant fails to do so, may refuse to issue the certificate. The Registrar may state in the certificate such particulars concerning the registration of the mark as to him may seem fit, and may omit therefrom reference to any disclaimers appearing in the register; but in the last- mentioned case the certificate shall be marked "FOR USE IN OBTAINING REGISTRATION ABROAD ONLY".

Declarations.

106. (1) The statutory declarations required by the Ordin- Manner in ance, and these rules, or used in any proceedings thereunder, shall be made and subscribed as follows--

which, and

person

before whom

taken.

(a) in the Colony-before any justice of the peace, notary declaration

public or any commissioner or other officer authorized in to be by law in the Colony to administer an oath for the pur- pose of any legal proceeding;

(b) in any other part of Her Majesty's dominions-before any court, judge, justice of the peace, notary public, or any officer authorized by law to adininister an oath there for the purpose of a legal proceeding;

(c) if made out of Her Majesty's dominions-before a British Minister or person exercising the function of a British Minister, or a consul, vice-consul, or other person exercising the functions of a British consul, or a notary public, or before a judge or magistrate. (2) A person signing the declaration by virtue of the provisions of rule 96 shall state thereon the capacity in which he makes the declaration.

101. Any document purporting to have affixed, impressed or Seal or subscribed thereto or thereon the seal or signature of any person of officer signature authorized by rule 106 to take a declaration in testimony that the taking declaration was made and subscribed before him, may be admitted declaration by the Registrar without proof of the genuineness of the seal or itself. signature or of the official character of the person or his authority to take the declaration.

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