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21. Where the name or portrait of a living person appears
on a design, the Registrar shall be furnished with con~ent
from such person before proceeding to register the design.
In the case of a person recently dead the R~gistrar. may call
for consent from his personal representative before proceeding with the registration of a design on which the name
or portrait of the deceased person appears.
DESIGNS EXCLUDED FROM REGISTRATION
22. There shall be excluded from registration under the
Act, designs to be applied to any of the following articles
namely(a) works of sculpture other than casts or models used or
intended to be used as models or patterns to be
multiplied by any industrial process;
(b) wall plaques and medals.
(c) printed matter primarily of a literary or artistic
character, including bookjackets, calendars, certificates, coupons, dressmaking patterns, greeting cards,
leaflets, maps, plans, postcards, stamps, trade advertisements, trade forms, and cards transfers and the
like.
CONVENTION ApPLICATIONS
23. (1) An application for registration under section 15(3)
of the Act shall contain a declaration that the application in a
convention country upon which the applicant relies is the first
application made in a convention country in respect of the
design, whether by the applicant or by any person of whom
he claims to be the personal representative or assignee, and
shall specify the convention country in which such foreizn
application was made, or is to be deemed under section 27[3)
of the Act to have been made, and the official date thereof.
(2) In addition to the representations or specimens
lodged with every convention application there shall be
lodged with the applica tion or within three months thereafter, a copy of the representation of the design filed or
deposited in respect of the first application in a convention
country, duly certified by the official chief or head of the
Designs Office of the convention country, or otherwise
verified to the satisfaction of the Registrar.
(3) If any certificate or other document relating to the
application is in a foreign language, a translation thereof
shall be annexed thereto and verified by statutory declaration or otherwise to the satisfaction of the Registrar.