Section 25
of Industrial Designs Act 1996
Section 25
The registration of an industrial design shall be deemed to have come into force on the filing date of the application for the registration of the industrial design and shall subsist for five years thereafter.
(2)
The period of registration of an industrial design may be extended for two further consecutive terms of five years each, if an application for extension is made in the prescribed form, and the prescribed extension fee is paid before the expiration of the current term.
(3)
A period of grace of six months from the date on which any unpaid extension fee was due shall be granted for the payment of such extension fee, subject to the payment of such surcharge as may be prescribed.
(4)
Where an application for extension is not made or an extension fee is not paid in accordance with this section, the registration shall lapse, and a notice of lapse of the registration shall be published in the Gazette.