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Regulation 59

of Registered Designs Rules

Regulation 59

Hours of business and excluded days

Amended byS 556/2005 wef 01/09/2005S 435/2020 wef 05/06/2020S 556/2005 wef 01/09/2005S 778/2004 wef 01/01/2005

Subregulation 1

Subject to paragraph (3), any business done under the Act —

(a)

on any day after the hours of business of the Registry for that class of business; or

(b)

on any day which is an excluded day for that class of business,shall be taken to have been done on the next following day which is not an excluded day for that class of business.

Subregulation 2

Where the time for doing any business under the Act expires on an excluded day for the doing of that class of business, that time shall be extended to the next following day which is not an excluded day for the doing of that class of business.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 556/2005 wef 01/09/2005S 435/2020 wef 05/06/2020

For the avoidance of doubt, where the time for carrying out any transaction referred to in rule 58A(2) or (2A) expires on an excluded day for the carrying out of that transaction, that time shall be extended to the next following day which is not an excluded day for the carrying out of that transaction, notwithstanding the availability of the electronic online system for the carrying out of that transaction.

Subregulation 4

[Deleted by S 402/2022 wef 26/05/2022]

Subregulation 5

[Deleted by S 402/2022 wef 26/05/2022]

Subregulation 6

[Deleted by S 402/2022 wef 26/05/2022]

Subregulation 7

[Deleted by S 435/2020 wef 05/06/2020]

Subregulation 8

[Deleted by S 435/2020 wef 05/06/2020]

Subregulation 9

Amended byS 556/2005 wef 01/09/2005S 778/2004 wef 01/01/2005

In the Act, “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.