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in accordance with the provisions of Part XI, apart from any future
extension of time thereunder, has expired, then
(a) where suchan appeal is pending, or is brought within the
time aforesaid or before the expiration of any extension of
that time granted, in the case of the first extension, on an
application made within that time or, in the case of a sub
sequent extension on an application made before the expi
ration of the last previous extension,the said period shall
.be extended until ~~ch date as the High Court determine:
(h) where no such appeal is pending or is so brought, the said
period shall continue until the end of the time aforesaid, or,
if any extension of that time is granted as aforesaid, until
the expiration of the extension or the last extension so
granted.
(As amended byNo. 12 of 1959,5./. No. 175 of 1965
and Act No. 18 of 1980)
21. (I) Subject to the provisions of section twenty, the complete
specification may be accepted by the Registrar at any time after the
applicant has complied with the requirements imposed upon him by
this Act:
Acceptance
and publica
tion of
complete
specificatio~
Provided that the applicant may give notice to the Registrar
requesting him to postpone acceptance until such date, not being
later than eighteen months from the date of lodging of the applica
tion, as may be specified in the notice and the Registrar may post
pone acceptance accordingly.
.(2) On the acceptance of a complete specification, the Registrar
shall give notice to the applicant who shall, within the prescribed
period or within such further period as the Registrar may allow,
advertise in the prescribed manner the fact that the specification has
been accepted and, unless the acceptance' of the specification is so
advertised. the application shall lapse.
(3) Upon advertisement under the provisions of subsection (2).
the application form. the specification and other documents essential
to obtain acceptance lodged in pursuance thereof shall be open to
public inspection.
.
(4) After the date of the publication as prescribed in subsection
n) of notice of acceptance of a complete specificatiorr and until the
sealing of a patent in respect thereof, the applicant shall have the like
privileges and rights as if a patent for the invention had been sealed
on the date 'of the publication of such notice.
22. (I) Any person interested. including the State, may. within
three months from the date of the advertisement of the acceptance of
a complete specification or within such further period as the
Registrar. on application made to him within the said period of three
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