Section 24: Costs and security for costs

24. Costs and security for costs.___ (I) The Registrar may, in any proceedings before him under this Ordinance, by order award to any party such costs as he may consider reasonable, and direct how and by which parties they are to be paid, and any such costs shall be recoverable as an arrears of land revenue. (2) If any party, by whom application is made to the Registrar for the cancellation of the registration of a design or for the grant of a licence in respect of a registered design, or by whom notice of appeal is given from any decision of the Registrar under this Ordinance, neither resides nor carries on business in Pakistan, the Registrar, or, in the case of appeal, the High Court, may require him to give security for the costs of the proceedings or, as the case may be, appeal, and if no security is given may treat the application or, as the case may be appeal as abandoned.

Effective date: 2000-01-01

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