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Government Gazette 23 March 2012
Act No. 1, 2012
No. 4907
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ACT, 2012
Registrar after consultation with the party or parties concerned, and such proceedings
must be heard and determined by the Registrar at that place.
(2)
Any costs awarded by the Registrar must be taxed by a taxing officer of
the Tribunal, and payment thereof may be enforced in the same manner as if they were
costs allowed by the Tribunal.
Correction of errors
209.
(1)
(a)
correct any clerical error or error in translation or transcription in any
application filed under this Act, or in any document filed or lodged in
pursuance of such application;
(b)
correct any clerical error in any register maintained pursuant to this
Act.
The Registrar may –
(2)
Subsection (1) may not be construed as giving the Registrar any power
to correct or amend an application, document or register in any material manner.
(3)
A correction made in pursuance of this section may be made by the
Registrar on his or her own accord, or on the request of any interested person.
(4)
A request pursuant to subsection (3) must be made to the Registrar in
the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee.
Rectification of register
210. (1)
The Registrar may order the register to be rectified by the
making, amendment or deletion of any entry therein, and such order may be made either
on a request in the prescribed manner or without such request.
(2)
If the Registrar intends to make an order referred to in subsection (1)
otherwise than on a request, he or she must give notice of the intention to do so to the
owner of or the applicant for the relevant title, as the case may be, and to any other
person who appears or to be concerned, and the Registrar must give such owner or
applicant or other person an opportunity of being heard before making the order.
PART 2
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY AGENTS
Agents and their functions
211. (1)
Where the ordinary residence or principal place of business of
an applicant for any title under this Act or in any matter or proceeding as provided for by
this Act is outside Namibia, he or she must be represented by an agent as contemplated
in subsection (4) read with section 212.
(2)
Where the ordinary residence or principal place of business of an
applicant is in Namibia, he or she may be represented by an agent as contemplated in
subsection (4) read with section 212.