Industrial Designs Act, 2001

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Publication of registration and deferment of publication.

32.—(1) The Controller shall, subject to subsection (2), as soon as practicable after a design has been registered, publish in the prescribed form a notice of the registration in the Patents Office Journal.

(2) When filing an application for registration of a design an applicant may request that the publication of the registered design under subsection (1) be deferred for such period as may be prescribed by the Minister and the Controller shall comply with such request.