-::\- (iii) a copy of any final decision rejecting the foregoing application or refusing the grant requested in the foreign application (b) The applicant shall. at the request of L',le Director General, furnish him with a copy of any final decision invalidating the patent granted on the basis l1f the foregoing application referred to in paragraph (a) (3) Subsection (2)(a)li) and (iii) shall not apply in respect of information relating to the examination of the same International application in another elected office where the Industrial Property Registry isan elected Office in the meaning of Section 21 (ii) and has received or will receive an international preliminary examination report. FilIng Date Examinauon 15( I) The Director General shall accord as the filing date the date of receipt of the application, provided that, at the time of receipt, the application contains (i) an express or implicit indication that the granting of a patent is sought; (ii) indications allowing the identity of the applicant to be established, (iii) a pan which, on the face of it, appears to be a description of invention (b) If the Director General finds that the application did not, at the time of receipt, fulfill the requirements referred to in paragraph (a), he shaIJ invite the applicant to file the required correction and shaIJ accord as the filing date the date of receipt of the required correction, but if no correction is made, the application shall be treated as if it had been filed. (2) Where the application refers to drawings which in fact are not included in the application, the Director General shall invite the applicant to furnish the missing drawings. If the applicant complies with the said invitation, the Director General shall accord as the filing date the date of receipt of the missing drawings Otherwise, Director General shall accord as the filing date the date of receipt of the application and shall treat any reference to the said drawings as non-existent (J) After according a filing date, the Director General shall examine whether the application complies with the requirements of Section II (I) and (2) and the Regulations pertaining thereto and those requirements of this Act and the Regulations which are designated by the Regulations as formal requirements for the purposes of this Act and whether information requested under Section 14, if any, has been provided (4) Where the Director General is of the opinion that the application complies with the requirements indicated in subsection (3), the Director General shall take a decision as to whether' the requirements of Section 8(2) and (J), :1 I(n (4) and (5) and J 2 and the Regulations pertaining thereto are fulfilied and for this purpose may, as provided for in the Regulations, cause the application to be examined