50. Office hours
[Section 22(4)]
(1) From Mondays to Fridays the Office will be open to the public from
08:00 to 15:00, except on the following days:
(a) All days which are public holidays in terms of section 1 of the Public
Holidays Act or which have been proclaimed public holidays in terms of
section 2 of that Act; and
(b) days which may from time to time be notified by the Registrar by displaying
a notice in a conspicuous place at the Office.
(2) Whenever the last day fixed by the Act or by these regulations for
doing anything shall fall on a day when the Office is not open to the
public it shall be lawful to do any such thing on the day next following
such excluded day or days if two or more of them occur consecutively.
51. Discretionary powers
[Section 47]
Where under these regulations any person is required to do any act or
thing or to sign any documents or to make any affidavit on behalf of himself
or of any body corporate or any document or evidence is required to be
produced to or left with the Registrar or at the Office and it is shown
to the satisfaction of the Registrar that for any reasonable cause such
person is unable to do such act or thing or to sign such document or make
such affidavit or that such document or evidence cannot be produced or
left as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Registrar and upon the
production of such other evidence and subject to such terms as he may
think fit, to dispense with any such act or thing, document, affidavit
or evidence.
52. Extension of time and condonation
[Section 45(3)]
(1) Any person interested in opposing a trade mark application may request
the Registrar, on written notice before the expiry of the term in which
to enter opposition to the application in terms of section 21, not to
issue the certificate of registration for a period of three months from
the date of expiry of the aforementioned term, and the Registrar shall
not do so.
(2) In the absence of an agreement between the parties the Registrar may,
upon application on notice in terms of section 45(3) and on good cause
shown, make an order extending or abridging any time prescribed by these
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