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Designs Act No. 195 of 1993
Act
1. Definitions
2. Application of Act
3. State bound
4. Continuation of designs office
5. Seal of designs office
6. Registrar of designs
7. Register of designs
8. Inspection of register
9. Registrar to furnish information from register on request
10. Publication in journal
11. Powers of registrar
12. Excercise of discretionary power by registrar
13. Representation
14. Application for registration
15. Registration of design
16. Refusal of application
17. Disclosure without proprietor's knowledge or consent
18. Certificate of registration
19. Inspection by public
20. Effect of registration of design
21. Compulsory licence in case of abuse of rights
22. Duration of registration
23. Restoration of lapsed registration
24. Compensation arising from restoration
25. Joint ownership of registered design
26. Correction of clerical errors and amendment of documents
27. Amendment of application for registration, and of registration, of design
28. Rectification of register
29. Assignment and devolution by operation of law
30. Assignment of rights in and attachment or hypothecation of registered designs
31. Grounds for application for revocation of registration of design
32. Registration comprising more than one design
33. After revocation on ground of fraud proprietor may in certain circumstances again register design
34. Voluntary surrender of registered design
35. Proceedings for infringement
36. Declaration as to non-infringement
37. Remedy for groundless threats of infringement proceedings
38. Special provisions as to vessels, aircraft and land vehicles of convention countries
39. Register to be evidence
40. Certificates of registrar to be prima facie evidence
41. Certification of validity
42. Appeal to court
43. Proclamations as to convention countries
44. Registration of design where application for ...
45. Extension of time for applications in certain cases
46. Minister may require designs to be kept secret in certain circumstances
47. Penalties for making false entries in register, or making, producing or tendering false entries or copies
48. Penalties for making false statements for purpose of deceiving or influencing registrar or officer
49. Penalties for certain false representations
50. Documents may be sent by post
51. Address for service
52. Calculation of periods of time
53. Condonation or correction of irregularities in procedure
54. Regulations
55. Repeal of laws
56. Short tiltle and commencement
Regulations
- Designs Regulations, 1999
- Schedules

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