Section 31: Power to make rules

31. Power to make rules.___ (1) The Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power such rules may provide for— (a) prescribing the form of application for registration of designs and of any representations or specimens of designs or other documents which may be filed at the Patent Office, and for requiring copies to be furnished of any such representations, specimens or documents; (b) regulating the procedure to be followed in connection with any application or request to the Registrar or in connection with any proceedings before the Registrar and for authorizing the rectification of irregularities of procedure; (c) regulating the keeping of the register, (d) authorizing the publication and sale of copies of representations of designs and other documents in the Patent Office; and (e) any other matter which has to be or may be prescribed. (3) The power to make rules under this section shall be subject to the condition that of the rules shall be made after previous publication.

Effective date: 2000-01-01

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