(b)
The provisions of paragraph (a) (iii) and (iv) shall be deemed to
have been complied with, in the case of a convention
application, by the inclusion in the prescribed form of the
number, date and title of the relevant application in the
convention country from which such convention application
claims priority and the name of the convention country, if the
specification and drawings, if any, are lodged within 14 days of
the date on which the application was lodged.
[Para. (b) substituted by s. 33 of Act No. 38 of 1997.]
(c)
(7)
31.
Any specifications not in an official language of the Republic
shall be replaced within three months of the date of lodging by
a translation in one of such official languages, certified to the
satisfaction of the registrar.
An application may be amended within two months from the date on
which it has been lodged, in order to claim priority.
Claiming priority.
(1)
An application accompanied by a complete specification may claim
priority from—
(a)
the date of the lodging of a prior application relating to the
same subject-matter, accompanied by a provisional
specification;
(b)
the date of the lodging of a prior application relating to the
same subject-matter, accompanied by a complete specification
and claiming no priority; or
(c)
the date of an application in a convention country relating to
the same subject-matter, provided—
(i)
in the case of an application claiming priority in terms of
paragraph (a) or (b) the prior application was lodged
not earlier than one year before or, on payment of the
prescribed fee, not earlier than 15 months before, the
date of the application claiming priority;
[Para. (i) substituted by s. 1 (a) of Act No. 67 of 1983.]
(ii)
......
[Para. (ii) deleted by s. 1 (b) of Act No. 67 of 1983.]
(iii)
(iv)
in the case of an application claiming priority in terms of
paragraph (c) the application in the convention country
was lodged not earlier than one year before the
convention application and was the first application in
any convention country in respect of the relevant
invention; and
the applicant in the application claiming priority is the
proprietor of the prior application referred to in
paragraph (a) or (b) or of the application in the
convention country referred to in paragraph (c), or the
applicant has acquired the right to claim priority in the
Republic.
[Para. (iv) substituted by s. 34 of Act No. 38 of 1997.]
(2)
Where, after the lodging of the first application in a convention country
in respect of any invention a subsequent application is lodged in that
country in respect of the same invention, such subsequent application