Industrial Property Regulations, 2002
statutory declaration or affidavit replying to the
applicant’s statutory declaration or affidavit.
(11) A statutory declaration or affidavit replying
to the applicant’s statutory declaration or affidavit
shall be confined to matters strictly in reply.
(12) If the applicant fails to provide a counterstatement under paragraph (5) or a statutory
declaration or affidavit under paragraph (9), the
application shall be deemed to have been
withdrawn.
(13) If the person opposing the application fails to
provide a statutory declaration or affidavit under
paragraph (8), the opposition to the application
shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
(14) After all documents have been provided the
Managing Director shall conduct a hearing of the
matter.
(15) The Managing Director shall give at least 14
days notice of the hearing to each party.
(16) A party may be heard at the hearing only if
the party provides the Managing Director with a
notice in Form IP 29 at least seven days before the
date of the hearing.
(17) At the hearing no evidence other than the
evidence provided by statutory declaration or
affidavit may be introduced without the leave of
the Managing Director.
(18) The Managing Director shall give each party
a written notice of his decision together with
written reasons.
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