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| Duration of registration |
| 32. The registration of a trade mark shall be for a period of 7 years but may be renewed from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Act. |
| Exclusion of enemy occupation period |
| 33. Without prejudice to the operation of section 32, relating to the duration of registration and renewal thereof, in any case where under the provisions of this Act any period of time is stated for the doing or refraining from doing any act then in computing any such period of time the period between 15th February 1942 and 1st October 1947 shall be excluded. |
| Renewal of registration |
| 34. The Registrar shall, on application made by the registered proprietor of a trade mark in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed period, renew the registration of the trade mark for a period of 14 years from the expiration of the original registration or of the last renewal of registration, as the case may be, which date is herein termed “the expiration of the last registration”. |
| Procedure on expiry of period of registration |
| 35. At the prescribed time before the expiration of the last registration of a trade mark, the Registrar shall send notice in the prescribed manner to the registered proprietor of the date at which the existing registration will expire and the conditions as to payment of fee and otherwise upon which a renewal of registration may be obtained, and if at the expiration of the time prescribed in that behalf those conditions have not been duly complied with, the Registrar may remove the trade mark from the register, subject to such conditions, if any, as to its restoration as may be prescribed. |
| Status of unrenewed trade marks |