Industrial Design
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(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), regulations
made, in accordance with that subsection, may be made on the
following matters:
(a) the format of applications for the registration of a design;
(b) the payment of fees in respect of any matter or anything
done or provided for under this Part;
(c) the procedure to be followed in connection with any
application or request to the Registrar or any proceeding
before the Registrar;
(d) the provision of copies of any documents registered in the
Register and the certification of such copies;
(e) the making of searches to the Register, including the times
when, and the manner in which, the searches may be
made;
(f)the service of notices and other documents with respect to
the Register; or
(g) any matter required to be provided for in relation to the
Register.
14. (1) The Registrar shall arrange for the periodic publication
of an Intellectual Property Journal on registered designs in
accordance with this Act and any matter which the Registrar may
consider desirable relating to such matters.
Intellectual
Property
Journal
(2) The Registrar may sell copies of the Intellectual Property
Journal at such price and in such manner as the Board may approve.
PART III
SCOPE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTION OF DESIGN
15. A design shall be eligible for protection, by registration in
accordance with this Part, if the design is new and has individual
character as provided in accordance with this Act.
Protection of
designs
16. Despite section fifteen, the following designs shall not be
registered and shall be excluded from being protected:
Designs
excluded
from
protection
(a) designs which are contrary to written laws or well
established natural laws;
(b) designs which contravene or are inconsistent with public
order, public morality, principles of humanity and
environmental conservation; and