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Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)

Chapter I : Administration

9. Agents only to act in matters in terms of this Act

 

 

Subject to the provisions of sections 19(3) and 22

(a) a party to any matter or proceedings in terms of this Act, other than proceedings in any division of the Supreme Court of South Africa, may be represented therein only by an agent and, in the case of proceedings in a provincial division or the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, shall observe the ordinary procedure applicable to such proceedings; and
(b) no complete specification shall be accepted in terms of section 34 and no application for an amendment of a complete specification shall be allowed unless it has been signed by an agent.