(3) The office shall issue a certificate of registration of the industrial
design and send it by registered mail to the address of the registered
owner and if his address is abroad, to his fixed address.
(4) The office shall record any change in the address, or in the fixed
address, and the owner of the registered industrial design shall notify the
office of this change.
(5) If there is no provision to the contrary in this Act, correspondence
issued in accordance with this Act shall be addressed and sent to the
latest recorded address of the registered owner of the industrial design
and at the same time to the latest registered fixed address.
21. (1) The office shall publish registered industrial designs in the order of
their registration showing all the details mentioned in section 20 (2)
provided that the publication shall be in the form and within the period
provided for in the rules.
(2) It shall be possible to make a search, free of charge, against all
industrial designs and all the recorded dealings in relation thereto in the
Industrial Designs Office. Any person may have a copy of a design on
payment of the prescribed fees and the cost incurred in making copies.
22. (1) An application for registration may require that his lodged
industrial design be kept secret for a period not exceeding 12 months
from the date of application. In such case the industrial design shall be
forwarded in an envelope sealed with red wax.
(2) Registration and publication provided for in section 21 shall not
contain a copy of the industrial design, but after the opening of the sealed
envelope the registration shall be completed by forwarding a copy of the
industrial design referred to in section 20 (2) and this copy shall be
published with reference to the previous application.
(3) In every case, after the expiry of 12 months, the sealed envelope shall
be opened automatically, and the applicant or his successor may, at any
time, require the transfer of his application from a sealed application to an
open application and the sealed envelope may also be opened if a Court
so requires, provided that it shall be resealed with wax.
(4) An industrial design shall not be protected as provided for in this Act
before the opening of the sealed envelope.
(5) Details of the aforementioned procedures shall be determined by the
rules.
Part Six: Term and Renewal of Registration of an Industrial Design