Section 13

Any person may apply for a preliminary advice and search result in the form as determined by the Registrar together with the payment of the prescribed fee.

Notwithstanding that an application for the registration of trademark is made within the prescribed period and the Registrar has given preliminary advice or search result in the affirmative, the

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Registrar, after further investigation or consideration, may raise any refusal to the effect that the trademark is not registrable.

In the circumstances under subsection (3), the applicant shall be entitled to have any fee paid on the filing of the application refunded to him subject to the prescribed conditions, upon giving notice of the withdrawal of the application within the prescribed period.

The application made by the applicant in subsection (2), and the preliminary advice and search result given by the Registrar are confidential and shall not be made available for public inspection.