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Section 152

Power of Registrar to allow amendments of documents

of Trademarks Act 2019

ActIn forceProvision 152 of 188
Section 152
(1)

The Registrar may, upon an application in the form as

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determined by the Registrar together with the payment of the prescribed fee and on such terms as to costs as he thinks just, whether for the purpose of amending a clerical error or an obvious mistake, allow the amendment of—

(a)

an application for the registration of trademark;

(b)

notice of opposition;

(c)

counterstatement; or

(d)

any documents as the Registrar thinks fit.

(2)

An amendment applied under subsection (1), shall not be permitted, under this section if the amendment would substantially affect—

(a)

the identity of the trademark as specified in the application before amendment or without extending in any way the rights given by the existing registration of trademark;

or

(b)

the content of the documents filed with the Trademarks

Office.