regulations or by an order of the Registrar or fixed by an order extending
or abridging any time for doing any act or taking any step in connection
with any proceedings of any nature whatsoever upon such terms as to him
seems meet.
(3) Any such extension may be ordered although the application is not
made until after the expiry of the time prescribed or fixed, and the Registrar,
when ordering any such extension, may make such order as to the recalling,
varying or cancelling of the results which flow from the terms of any
order or from these regulations.
(4) The registrar may, on good cause shown, condone any non-compliance
with these regulations.
(5) Where an extension has been agreed to between the parties, prior to
the filing of opposition, the Registrar shall be informed by the party
seeking the extension of the extension and the Registrar shall not issue
the certificate of registration within the agreed extended period.
53. Discovery, inspection and production of documents
(1) Any party to any proceedings before the Registrar may, at any time
before the hearing of the proceedings, deliver a notice to any party in
whose affidavits or sworn declarations reference is made to any document
or tape recording to produce such document or tape recording for his
inspection and to permit him to make a copy or transcription. Any party
failing to comply with such notice shall not, save with the leave of the
Registrar, use such document or tape recording in such proceedings: Provided
that any other party may use such document or tape recording.
(2) The provisions of the rules governing procedure in the Transvaal
Provincial Division of the Supreme Court relating to discovery shall mutatis
mutandis apply, in so far as the Registrar may direct, to opposed proceedings
before the Registrar.
54. Registrar’s written reasons and appeals
(1) When any person objects to any order or decision of the Registrar
he may apply on Form TM2, within three months of the date of the Registrar’s
order or decision, or such further time as the Registrar may allow, requiring
the Registrar to state in writing the grounds of his decision and the
data used by him in arriving at it. The date of such statements shall
be deemed to be the date of the Registrar’s order or decision for the
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