Regulation 15

If a certificate of registration, practising certificate or foreign patent agent certificate has been lost, destroyed or defaced or becomes obliterated so that any information on such certificate is illegible, the holder thereof shall immediately notify the Registrar by filing Form E and by paying the applicable fee in the First Schedule.

Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the Registrar may issue a duplicate of such certificate to the holder.

In the case of a certificate of registration, practising certificate or foreign patent agent certificate that has been defaced or become obliterated, no duplicate of such certificate shall be issued unless the original is first returned to the Registrar.

In the case of a certificate of registration, practising certificate or foreign patent agent certificate that has been lost or destroyed, no duplicate of such certificate shall be issued unless the holder has made a statutory declaration of the loss or destruction and forwarded the statutory declaration to the Registrar.