Act Number: 47

Act Name: The Trade Marks Act, 1999

Year: 1999

Enactment Date: 1999-12-30

Long Title: An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to trade marks, to provide for registration and better protection of trade marks for goods and services and for the prevention of the use of fraudulent marks.

Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department: Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

Section 72: Consideration of application for registration by Registrar.
    (1) The Registrar shall consider the application made under section 71 with regard to the following matters, namely:--
         (a) whether the applicant is competent to certify the goods in respect of which the mark is to be registered;
         (b) whether the draft of the regulations to be filed under section 74 is satisfactory;
         (c) whether in all the circumstances the registration applied for would be to the public advantage,
and may either--
         (i) refuse the application; or
         (ii) accept the application and approve the said draft of the regulations either without modification and unconditionally or subject to any conditions or limitations, or to any amendments or modifications of the application or of the regulations, which he thinks requisite having regard to any of the said matters.
     (2) Except in the case of acceptance and approval without modification and unconditionally, the Registrar shall not decide any matter under sub-section (1) without giving the applicant an opportunity of being heard.
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