Cap 559A rule 14 Prescribed period under section 42(3)(b) of the Ordinance (TRADE MARKS RULES; TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	559A	Title:	TRADE MARKS RULES	Gazette Number:	L.N. 30 of 2003; L.N. 31 of 2003; L.N. 97 of 2003
Rule:	14	Heading:	Prescribed period under section 42(3)(b) of the Ordinance	Version Date:	04/04/2003

(1) Except as provided in subrules (2) and (3), for the purposes of section 42(3)(b) of the Ordinance (which sets a deadline for meeting the requirements for registration), the prescribed period for an application in relation to which a notice is sent to the applicant under rule 13(1) is the period beginning on the date of the notice and ending 6 months after that date or, where the Registrar has granted an extension of time under rule 13(3), ending 9 months after that date.
(2) Subject to subrule (3), where-

(a) the Registrar sends a notice to the applicant under rule 13(1);

(b) the applicant files written representations or a request for amendment under rule 13(2) within the period specified in that rule or as extended under rule 13(3); and

the prescribed period for the application is the period beginning on the date of the notice sent to the applicant under rule 13(1) and ending 3 months after the date of the notice sent to the applicant under rule 13(4) or, where the Registrar has granted an extension of time under rule 13(6), ending on the last day of the period as so extended. (L.N. 97 of 2003)
(3) Where-

(a) the Registrar sends a notice to the applicant under rule 13(4); and

(b) the applicant files a request for a hearing within the period specified in rule 13(5) or, where the Registrar has granted an extension of time under rule 13(6), within the period as so extended,

the prescribed period for the application is the period beginning on the date of the notice sent to the applicant under rule 13(1) and ending on the last day of the hearing or at such time as the Registrar may decide the matter without a hearing under rule 75. (L.N. 97 of 2003)