Singapore legislation
Clause 16
Clause 16
Examination of application
(1)
The Registrar shall examine an application for registration of a design, being an application which has not been withdrawn, to determine whether it satisfies the formal requirements.
(2)
If the Registrar determines that an application fails to comply with the formal requirements, he shall notify the applicant and give him an opportunity to correct the non-compliance within such period as the Registrar determines.
(3)
If the non-compliance is not corrected within the period referred to in subsection (2), the application shall be treated as withdrawn, but the Registrar may, upon —
the filing by the applicant of a notice in the prescribed form requesting reinstatement of the application;
the payment of the prescribed fee; and
the compliance by the applicant with such conditions as the Registrar may impose,reinstate the application.
(4)
Upon reinstatement of an application, any right or means of redress lost by the applicant as a result of the withdrawal shall be restored to him.
(5)
For the purposes of this section and sections 17 and 18, “formal requirements” means those requirements of section 11, and of rules made for the purposes of that section, that are prescribed as formal requirements.