Singapore legislation
Regulation 12
Regulation 12
Agents
Subregulation 1
When dealing with any matter under the Act in respect of which a person has been authorised to act as an agent on behalf of another person, the Registrar may require the personal signature or presence of either of them.
Subregulation 2
The Registrar may, by notice in writing sent to an agent, require the agent to produce evidence of the agent’s authority to act.
Subregulation 3
Where an agent has been appointed by any person in connection with any matter, the agent’s address for service in Singapore is treated as the address for service of that person for the purposes of that matter.
Subregulation 4
The appointment of an agent must be notified to the Registrar —
in the form for the matter; or
in Form CM1, if no form is prescribed for the matter.
Subregulation 5
Any change of an agent for any matter must be notified to the Registrar in Form CM1.
Subregulation 6
[Deleted by S 398/2022 wef 26/05/2022]
Subregulation 7
Where an agent for a party to any matter intends to cease to so act, the agent —
must file with the Registrar in Form CM1 —
a notice of such intention;
the party’s latest address, including any email address, on the agent’s records; and
a statement that the agent has given reasonable notice to the party of such intention and informed the party of the consequences set out in rule 11(8) as applied by paragraph (10); and
must serve such form on the party at the same time the form is filed with the Registrar.
Subregulation 8
On receipt of the form mentioned in paragraph (7)(a), the Registrar must send to the party a notice requesting the party to provide an address for service within 3 months after the date of the notice.
Subregulation 9
The notice in paragraph (8) must be sent to the address of the party filed under paragraph (7)(a)(ii) or any alternative address of the party.
Subregulation 10
Rule 11(8)(c), (d) or (e) (whichever is applicable) applies with the necessary modifications, if —
the Registrar does not have any alternative address of the party to which to send a notice under paragraph (8); or
the Registrar sent a notice under paragraph (8) and no address for service was provided within 3 months after the date of the notice.
Subregulation 11
In paragraphs (9) and (10), “alternative address” has the meaning given by rule 11(9).
Subregulation 12
In this rule, “matter” means any act to be done by or to a person in connection with the registration of a geographical indication, or any procedure relating to a registered geographical indication.