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Application
for hearing.
107. An application for a hearing shall be made within one
month from the date of notification by the Registrar of any
objection to an application or the date of any other indication
that he proposes to exercise a discretionary power.
Notice of
hearing.
108. (1) Upon receiving such application the Registrar
shall give the person applying, ten days notice of a time when
he may be heard.
(2) Within five days from the date when such notice would
be delivered in the ordinary course of post, the person
applying shall notify the Registrar whether or not he in tends
to be heard on the matter.
Hearing to
be in public.
109. The hearing before the Registrar of any dispute
between two or more parties relating· to any matter in
connection with a registered trade mark or an application to
register a trade mark shall be in public unless the Registrar,
after consultation with those parties to the dispute who are
represented at the hearing, otherwise directs.
Notice of
decision.
110. The decision of the Registrar in the exercise of any
such discretionary power as aforesaid shall be notified to the
person affected.
Power to dispense with Evidence
Dispensing
with
evidence.
111. Where under these Regulations any person is required
to do any act or thing or to sign any document, or to make
any declaration on behalf of himself or of any body corporate,
or any document or evidence is required to be produced or left
with the Registrar or at the office and it is shown to the
satisfaction of the Registrar that from any reasonable cause
such person is unable to do such act or thing, or to sign such
document, or to make such declaration or that such declaration, or that such document or evidence cannot be produced
or left as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Registrar upon
the production of such other evidence, and subject to such
terms as he may think fit, to dispense with any such act or
thing, signature, declaration, document or evidence.
Amendments
112. Any document or drawing or other representation of
Amendment
a trade mark may be amended and any irregularity in pro- d~cuments.
cedure which in the opinion of the Registrar may be excused
without detriment to the interests of any person may be
corrected, if the Registrar thinks fit, and on such terms as he
may direct.