Singapore legislation

Section 108

of Trade Marks Act 1998

Section 108

Power to make rules

Amended by3/200742/20053/2007

(1)

The Minister may make rules —

(a)

for any purpose for which rules are authorised or required to be made under this Act;

(b)

for prescribing matters authorised or required by this Act to be prescribed;

(c)

for prescribing matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act;

(d)

for prescribing matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the conduct of any proceedings or other matter before the Registrar.

Amended by3/2007

(2)

Without limiting subsection (1), the rules may make provision —

(a)

as to the practice and procedure of any proceedings or other matter before the Registrar;

(b)

as to the manner of filing of applications or other documents;

(c)

requiring persons to make such statutory declarations as may be prescribed in support of any application, notice or request;

(d)

requiring and regulating the translation of documents and the filing and authentication of any translation;

(e)

as to the service of documents;

(f)

authorising the rectification of irregularities of procedure;

(g)

prescribing time limits for anything required to be done in connection with any proceedings under this Act;

(h)

for the extension of any time limit which has been prescribed, or which the Registrar has specified, and which has not expired;

(i)

as to the giving of evidence in proceedings before the Registrar under this Act by affidavit or statutory declaration; and

(j)

for the reinstatement of —

(i)

any application which is treated as withdrawn; or

(ii)

any right which has been abrogated, or thing which has ceased to be in force or to exist, by reason of a failure to comply with any time limit which has been prescribed or which the Registrar has specified,and the conditions for such reinstatement.

Amended by42/20053/2007