LAWS OF MALAWI
Patents
(Subsidiary)
26.
Cap. 49:02
Patents Tribunal Rules
The Taxing Officer may, without filing any formal documents, submit any
point arising at a taxation for decision by the Chairman in chambers, and it
shall be competent for the Taxing Officer and for the legal practitioners who
appears at the taxation to appear before the Chairman respecting such point.
Reference
Chairman
chambers.
to
in
of
PART V
GENERAL
27.
The hearing of any application or other matter before the Tribunal may from
time to time be adjourned upon such terms as the Tribunal thinks fit.
Adjournment
proceedings.
28.
(1) Except as provided in sub-rule (2) every hearing before the Tribunal shall
be in Blantyre.
Place of hearing.
(2)
One or more of the parties may, not later than fourteen days before the
date approved for the hearing, apply to the Tribunal to conduct the
hearing at some other place in Malawi. The Tribunal may, in its
discretion and subject to such conditions as to notice and costs as it
thinks fit, conduct the hearing at the place named in the application.
(3)
Where an application under subrule (2) is not made by all the parties
to the proceedings, the Tribunal shall not decide the application
without giving the parties an opportunity to be heard.
29.
The forms referred to in these Rules are those set out in the First Schedule and
such forms shall be used in all cases to which they are applicable and may be
modified as directed by the Chairman.
Forms.
30.
The Tribunal fees prescribed in the Second Schedule shall be paid to the
Registrar at the Office.
Fees.
31.
(1) Upon receipt of any document chargeable with any fees payable in terms of
these Rules the Registrar of Patents shall endorse upon the original of such
document the amount of the fees paid and the date of payment.
Endorsement of fee
on
document
chargeable.
(2)
32.
The Registrar of Patents shall refuse to accept any document in
respect of which a fee is payable under these Rules, unless the
appropriate fee accompanied such document.
The form of oath to be taken by assessors shall be as follows:I, ………………………………. Hereby declare that I will to the best of my
ability faithfully and diligently discharge any duties as assessor without favour,
fear or prejudice.
33.
The remuneration of assessors attending the Tribunal shall be that payable to
assessors attending the High Court in criminal matters.
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Oath to be taken
by
assessors
appointed under
section 79.
Remuneration
assessors.
of