Singapore legislation

Section 55

of Registered Designs Act 2000

Section 55

Inspection of and extract from Register

Amended by16/201216/2012

(1)

The Register must be available at the Registry for inspection by any person during the hours when the Registry is open for business.

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(2)

If the Register, or any part of the Register, is kept by using a computer, subsection (1) is satisfied if a person who wants to inspect the Register or that part of the Register is given access to a computer terminal from which the person can read on a screen, or obtain a printed copy of, the particulars or other matters recorded in the Register or that part of the Register.

(3)

Any person who applies for a certified copy of an entry in the Register or a certified extract from the Register is entitled to obtain such copy or extract on payment of the prescribed fee.

(4)

In relation to any portion of the Register kept otherwise than in documentary form, the right to a copy or an extract conferred by subsection (3) is a right to a copy or an extract in a form in which it can be taken away.

(5)

In this section, “certified copy” and “certified extract” mean a copy and an extract certified by the Registrar.

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