(6) Where the requirements of subsection (5) are not compiled with at the date of receipt of the
application but are complied with within the prescribed period, the date of receipt of the required
correction shall be the filing date of the application.
(7) The Registrar shall confirm the filing date and communicate it to the applicant.
(8) Where the defects are not corrected within the time limit the application shall be treated as if it had
not been filed.
(9) An application for protection of a layout‐design is subject to the payment of the prescribed fee.
(10) Where the fee is not paid, the Registrar shall notify the applicant that if the payment is not made
within a prescribed period the application shall be treated as if it had not been filed.
Section 8—Registration and Publication
(1) The Registrar shall maintain a register in which matters required to be registered under this Act are
registered.
(2) Where an application compares with the requirements of section 7, the Registrar 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 indicated in the application under
section 7(3)(e), the date of first commercial exploitation anywhere in the world of the layout‐designs as
well as the name and address of the right holder and other prescribed particulars.