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| Duration of registration |
| 32. The registration of a trade mark shall be for a period of 10 years but may be renewed from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Act. [7/91] |
| 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 within the prescribed period, renew the registration of the trade mark for a period of 10 years from the expiration of the last registration of the trade mark. [7/91] |
| 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. |
| Restoration of trade mark removed for non-payment of renewal fee |
| Status of unrenewed trade marks |
36.—(1) Where a trade mark has been removed from the register for non-payment of the fee for renewal, the trade mark shall nevertheless, for the purpose of an application for registration during one year next after the expiration of the last registration, be deemed to be a trade mark which is already registered.
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