23. Certificate of registration
[Section 29]
Upon the registration of a trade mark the Registrar shall, as required
by section 29(2) of the Act, issue to the applicant a certificate on Form
O.2.
24. Renewal
[Sections 11 and 37]
(1) The notice under section 37(3) of the Act shall be sent by the Registrar
not less than six months prior to the expiration of the last registration.
The notice shall be on Form O.3.
(2) If trade marks having the same date of registration and owned by the
same proprietor and which were previously registered in different classes
fall, for whatever reason, in the same class, such marks shall on renewal
be consolidated into one registration having one distinguishing number
and shall, for the purposes of these regulations, be deemed to be a single
trade mark.
(3) On renewal, the Registrar shall be required to make any entries or
amendments in the register in order to record changes resulting from a
revised or replaced classification resulting from whatever reason.
25. Application for renewal by proprietor
[Sections 11 and 37]
(1) An application to the Registrar for the renewal of the registration
of a trade mark, including a variation of the class, in terms of section
11 of the Act, shall be made on Form TM5 within the period commencing
six months prior to the expiration of the last registration and ending
six months after the said expiration.
(2) Failure to pay the renewal fee before the expiration of the last
registration shall attract an additional fee; and failure to pay within
the time limit of regulation 25(1) shall attract a further additional
fee.
26.
If the renewal fee has not been paid before the expiry of the period referred
to in regulation 25(1) the Registrar shall advertise the fact forthwith
in the Patent Journal. If within one month of such expiration the renewal
fee upon Form TM5, together with the additional fees, is received, he
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