DESIGNS ACT NO. 195 OF 1993 [View Regulation] [ASSENTED TO 22 DECEMBER, 1993] [DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: 1 MAY, 1995] (English text signed by the State President) as amended by Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act, No. 38 of 1997 ACT To provide for the registration of designs and for matters connected therewith. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. Definitions Application of Act State bound Continuation of designs office Seal of designs office Registrar of designs Register of designs Inspection of register Registrar to furnish information from register on request Publication in journal Powers of registrar Exercise of discretionary power by registrar R epresentation Application for registration Registration of design Refusal of application Disclosure without proprietor’s knowledge or consent Certificate of registration Inspection by public Effect of registration of design Compulsory licence in case of abuse of rights Duration of registration Restoration of lapsed registration Compensation arising from restoration Joint ownership of registered design Correction of clerical errors and amendment of documents Amendment of application for registration, and of registration, of design Rectification of register Assignment and devolution by operation of law Assignment of rights in and attachment or hypothecation of registered designs Grounds for application for revocation of registration of design Registration comprising more than one design After revocation on ground of fraud proprietor may in certain circumstances again register design Voluntary surrender of registered design Proceedings for infringement Declaration as to non-infringement Remedy for groundless threats of infringement proceedings