that period: Provided that the registrar may upon application and subject to the payment of such additional fee as may be prescribed, extend the period for payment of any such fee for a period not exceeding six months. 23. Restoration of lapsed registration. (1) Where, after the commencement of this Act, the registration of a design has lapsed owing to non-payment of any prescribed renewal fee within the prescribed period or the extended period referred to in section 22 (2), the registered proprietor may in the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee, apply to the registrar for the restoration of such registration. [Sub-s. (1) substituted by s. 75 of Act No. 38 of 1997.] 24. 25. (2) If the registrar is satisfied that the omission to pay the prescribed renewal fee was unintentional and that no undue delay has occurred in the making of the application, he shall advertise the application in the prescribed manner, and thereupon any person (hereinafter in this section referred to as the objector) may within such period as may be prescribed, give notice in the prescribed manner of opposition to the restoration of such registration. (3) If there is no opposition to such restoration, the registrar may, subject to the provisions of subsection (5), issue an order restoring such registration, or dismiss the application. (4) If notice of opposition is given, the registrar shall, after hearing the applicant and the objector, decide the matter and issue an order restoring such registration, or dismiss the application. (5) Any order restoring the registration of a design shall be subject to the payment of such prescribed fee as remains unpaid on the date of the order. Compensation arising from restoration. (1) Where registration of a design has been restored in terms of section 3, any person who, during the period between the lapse of such registration and its restoration, has expended any money, time or labour with a view to making or disposing of articles embodying the registered design, may apply in the prescribed manner to the court for compensation in respect of the money, time and labour so expended. (2) The court may, after hearing the parties concerned, assess the amount of such compensation if in its opinion the application ought to be granted, and determine the time in which such compensation shall be paid. (3) Any amount assessed under subsection (2) shall not be recoverable as a debt or damages but, if it is not paid within the time determined by the court, the registration of the design shall lapse. Joint ownership of registered design.