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(4) Any copy or drawing referred in subsection (3) (d) may omit such parts of the copy
or drawing that relate to the manner of manufacture of the integrated circuit, provided that the
parts submitted are sufficient to allow the identification of the layout-design;
(5) Where an application does not duly comply with the requirements of subsection (3),
the Controller shall immediately notify the applicant of the defects and invite him to correct
them within 2 months.
(6) Where the defects are corrected within the time limit specified under subsection (5),
the Controller shall accord as the filing date, the date of receipt of the application, provided
that, at the time of receipt, the application contained an express or implicit indication that the
registration of a layout-design is requested and indications allowing the identity of the
applicant to be established and was accompanied by a copy or drawing of the layout-design.
(7) Where the requirements of subsection (6) were not complied with at the date of
receipt of the application but are complied with within the time limit, the date of receipt of the
required correction shall be deemed to be the filing date of the application.
(8) The Controller shall confirm the filing date and communicate it to the applicant.
(9) Where the defects are not corrected within the time limit, the application shall be
deemed not to have been filed.
(10) Every application for protection of a layout-design shall be subject to the payment
of the prescribed fee.
(11) Where the fee is not paid, the Controller shall notify the applicant that the
application shall be deemed not to have been filed unless payment is made within 2 months
from the date of the notification and, where the application fee is not paid within that time
limit, the application shall be deemed not to have been filed.
Registration
9.—(1) The Controller shall maintain a Register in which he shall record all matters
required to be recorded by this Act.
(2) Where an application complies with the requirements of section 8, the Controller
shall register the layout-design in the Register without examination of the originality of the
layout-design, the applicant’s entitlement to protection, or the correctness of the facts stated in
the application.
(3) The Register shall contain the number, title, filing date and, where appropriate, the
date of the first commercial exploitation of the layout-design anywhere in the world as well as
the name and address of the right holder and other prescribed particulars.
(4) Any interested person may consult the Register and obtain extracts therefrom,
subject to the payment of the prescribed fee.
(5) The registration of a layout-design shall be published in the Government Gazette.
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Integrated Circuits, Act, 08/08/2002, No. 24
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