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(4) The Registrar after giving the parties an opportunity of being heard may accept or refuse the
application or accept it subject to any conditions or restrictions he may think it proper to impose.
(5) The registration fee for any licence of copyright in a cinematograph film or cancellation thereof
shall be paid on lodgement of Form RF 4.
AMENDMENT OF REGISTER OR APPLICATION
(Section 6(6) or 16 or 26)
40. Applications under section 6(6) or 16 or 26 of the Act, as the case may be, to the Registrar may be
made on Form RF 4 by the applicant or the owner of the copyright in a cinematograph film or licensee or
where the owner or licensee is a company in liquidation by the liquidator and in other cases by such person
as the Registrar may decide to be entitled to act in the name of the owner or licensee.
41. Where such application is made, the Registrar may require such evidence by affidavit or otherwise
as he may think fit concerning the circumstances in which the application is made.
42. An application to the Registrar under section 16(3) of the Act for the correction of any entry in the
register shall, if so required by the Registrar, be accompanied by a statement setting out fully the nature of the
applicant’s interests, the facts upon which he bases his case and the relief which he seeks. The applicant shall
send a copy of the statement to every licensee of the copyright in the cinematograph film and, if the applicant
is not the owner of the copyright in the cinematograph film, to the owner.
43. Upon such application being made and copies thereof transmitted to the registered owner, if
necessary, the provisions of regulations 15 to 26, both inclusive, shall apply mutatis mutandis, in so far as
they can be applied, to the further proceedings thereon; but the Registrar shall not correct the error in the
register or remove the registration from the register merely because the registered owner has not filed a
counter-statement. In any case of doubt any party may apply to the Registrar for directions.
REQUESTS, NOTIFICATIONS AND
APPLICATIONS TO THE REGISTRAR
44. Except where specific provision is made for the use of special forms, any request, notification or
application to the Registrar shall be made on Form RF 4 quoting the section of the Act or the regulations or
both under which relief is sought and shall set out the relief claimed.
OFFICE HOURS
(Section 15 (2))
45.–
(1) The Office will be open to the public from Mondays to Fridays from 08h30 to 12h00 and from
13h30 to 15h30 except on the following days:
(a) All days proclaimed public holidays in terms of any law; and
(b) days which may from time to time be notified by a placard posted in a conspicuous place at the
Office.
(2) Whenever the last day fixed by the Act or by these regulations for doing any thing 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.
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