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Chapter: | 522
 | Title: | REGISTERED DESIGNS ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | |
| Section: | 24 | Heading: | Examination of applications | Version Date: | 30/06/1997 |
Examination and registration
(1) If an application for registration of a design has been accorded a filing date under section 14 and has not been withdrawn, the Registrar shall examine the application to determine whether it satisfies the formal requirements.
(2) Where the Registrar determines that there are deficiencies as regards the formal requirements, he shall notify the applicant and give him an opportunity to correct the deficiencies within the prescribed period.
(3) If any deficiencies as regards the formal requirements are not corrected within the prescribed period, the application shall be deemed to be withdrawn.
(4) In this Ordinance, "formal requirements" (形式上的規定) means such requirements of section 12 and of any rules made for the purposes of that section as are specified in the rules as being the formal requirements.