(4) Any person may consult the register and obtain extracts from it after the payment of the prescribed
fee.
(5) The Registrar shall publish the registration of any layout‐design registered under this Act in the
prescribed manner.
Section 9—Right to Transfer; Rectification of Register
(1) Where the essential content of an application has been taken from the layout‐design of a person
without the person's consent, that person may, in writing, request the Registrar to transfer the
application to the person.
(2) Where the application has already resulted in a registration, that person may, in writing within three
years from the publication of the registration, request the Registrar to transfer the registration to the
person and to rectify the entry in the register
(3) The Registrar shall send a copy of the request to the right holder, and, within the prescribed period
and in the prescribed manner, the right holder may send to the Registrar a counter‐statement of the
grounds on which the person whose name for the time being appears in the register as the right holder
relies.
(4) Where the right holder sends a counter‐statement, the Registrar shall furnish a copy of it to the
person requesting the transfer and, after hearing the parties if either or both wish to be heard, and
considering the merits of the case, decide whether the application or registration should be transferred
and, where applicable, whether the register should be rectified.
Section 10—Changes in Ownership
(1) A change in the ownership of a protected layout‐design shall be in writing.