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(2) Any person may, within the prescribed time from the date
of the advertisement of an application, give notice to the Registrar
of opposition to the registration..
(3) The notice shall be given in writing in the prescribed
manner, and shall include a statement of the grounds of opposition"
(4) The Registrar shall send a copy of the notice to the
applicant, and within the prescribed time after receipt thereof the
applicant must send .to the Registrar in the prescribed manner,
a counter-statement of the grounds on which he relies for his
application, and, if he does not do so, he shall be deemed to have
abandoned his application"
(5) If the applicant sends a counter-statement under subsection (4) of this section, the Registrar shall furnish a copy thereof
to the persons giving .notice of opposition and shall, after hearing
the .parties, if so required, and considering the evidence, decide
whether, and subject to what conditions or limitations, if any,
registration is to be permitted and shall notify the applicant and the
opponent accordingly.
(6) The applicant or the opponent may, within the prescribed
time after the date of notification of the decision of the Registrar,
apply to the Registrar for a written statement of the grounds of
his decision"
(7) A person desiring to appeal under section 48 of this Act
against a decision of the Registrar under this section must apply
to the Registrar under subsection (6) of this section for the written
statement therein referred to, and on the appeal the Court shall, if
required, hear the parties and the Registrar and shall make an order
determining whether, and subject to what conditions or limitations,
if any, registration is to be permitted.
(8) Except by leave of the Court, no appeal against a decision
of the Registrar under this section shall be made save within a
period of two months from the date of dispatch to the applicant
of the statement in writing referred to in subsection (6) of this section
or within such further period not exceeding three months as the
Registrar may allow (upon request received before the expiration of
the said period of two months)..
(9) On the hearing of an appeal under section 48 of this Act
against a decision of the Registrar under this section any party
may, either in the manner prescribed or by special leave of the
Court, bring forward further material for the consideration of the
Court.