Singapore legislation

Clause 35

of Geographical Indications Bill

Clause 35

Hours of business and excluded days

(1)

The Registrar may issue practice directions to specify —

(a)

the hours of business of the Registry; and

(b)

the days which are to be treated as excluded days.

(2)

The Minister may prescribe the effect of doing any business under this Act —

(a)

on any day after the hours of business of the Registry; or

(b)

on any day which is an excluded day.

(3)

For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) —

(a)

different hours of business may be specified for different classes of business;

(b)

different excluded days may be specified for different classes of business; and

(c)

different effects of doing business —

(i)

outside the hours of business of the Registry; or

(ii)

on an excluded day,may be prescribed for different classes of business.

(4)

In this section, “excluded day”, in relation to any specific class of business, means any day on which the Registry shall be taken to be closed for the purposes of the transaction by the public of that class of business.

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