C.718
Marking of
application for
traditional
knowledge
and
handicrafts
61. (1) Upon receipt of an application for the registration of a traditional
knowledge or handicrafts made under regulations 59 or 60, the Registrar shall
mark, on each document making up the application, the actual date of receipt
and the application number consisting of the letters “BW”, slant, the letter “T”,
for traditional knowledge and the letter “H” for handicrafts, slant, the fourdigit numbers of the year in which the initial papers were received, slant, and
a five-digit number allocated in the sequential order in which applications are
received.
(2) Where any corrections or other documents are later filed on different
dates, the Registrar shall mark the actual dates of receipt for any documents
which are later filed with him or her or for which any corrections were made in
the appropriate place of the application for the grant of a traditional knowledge.
(3) The application number allocated under subregulation (1) shall be quoted
in all subsequent communications concerning the application.
PART X — General
Changes in
ownership,
etc.
Excluded days
Inspection of
registers, etc.
62. (1) Any request, under section 128 of the Act, for the recording of a
change of ownership of a title granted under the Act or of an application therefor
shall be made to the Registrar in Form 22 set out in the First Schedule and shall
be subject to the payment of the fee set out in the Second Schedule.
(2) The following documents shall be adequate to allow for the change of
ownership —
(a) for an assignment —
(i) a deed of assignment, or
(ii) a Power of Attorney, where necessary;
(b) for a cession, a statement of undertaking from the present owner; and
(c) for a testamentary disposition —
(i) a written declaration from the claimant, or
(ii a will, or a statement of claim countersigned by a tribal leader or
such statement made under oath administered by a recognised
Commissioner of Oaths.
(3) The publication of the change of ownership shall specify —
(a) the title of protection concerned;
(b) the filing date, the priority date, if any, and the date of registration or grant;
(c) the previous owner and the new owner; and
(d) the nature of the change of ownership.
(4) A licence contract submitted for recording under section 129 of the Act
shall be accompanied by the fee set out in the Second Schedule.
63. When the last day for doing of any act or taking any proceeding falls on
a day when the Office is not open to the public for business, it shall be lawful
to do the act or to take the proceeding on the day when the Office is next open
for business.
64. (1) Inspection of the registers shall be subject to the payment of the fee
set out in the Second Schedule.
(2) Requests for certified copies of extracts from a register or for copies
of documents shall be subject to the payment of the fee set out in the Second
Schedule.