6. Subject to any other directions that may be given by the Registrar, all applications, notices, counter-statements, papers having representations affixed, or other documents required by the Act or by these Rules to be left with or sent to the Registrar shall be submitted on foolscap paper of a size of approximately 33 centimetres by 20 centimetres, and shall have on the left-hand part thereof a margin of not less than 4 centimetres.
Signature on documents
7.—(1) A document signed for or on behalf of a partnership shall contain the names of all the partners in full and shall be signed by all the partners or by any qualified partner stating that he signs on behalf of the partnership, or by any other person who satisfies the Registrar that he is authorised to sign the document.
(2) A document signed for or on behalf of a body corporate shall be signed by a director or the secretary or other principal officer of the body corporate, or by any other person who satisfies the Registrar that he is authorised to sign the document.
(3) A document signed for or on behalf of an unincorporated body or association of persons may be signed by any person who appears to the Registrar to be duly qualified.
Service of documents
8. Any document authorised or required by the Act or these Rules to be sent to or by the Registry may be sent through the post and, if so sent, shall be deemed to be sent by properly addressing, prepaying and posting a letter containing the document and, unless the contrary is proved, shall be deemed to have been sent at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.
[Subst. by S 335/92 wef 01/08/1992]
Furnishing of address
9.—(1) Where any person is by the Act or these Rules required to furnish the Registrar with an address, the address given shall in all cases be as full as possible for the purpose of enabling any person easily to find the place of business of the person whose address is given.
(2) The Registrar may require the address to include the name of the street, the number of the block of building and the number of the premises or name of premises, if any, and the postal code.
Address for service
10.—(1) The Registrar may require an applicant, opponent, agent or a registered proprietor or registered user of a trade mark who does not reside or carry on business within Singapore to give an address for service within Singapore and that address may be treated as the actual address of that person for all purposes connected with the matter in question.
(2) Any registered proprietor or registered user of a trade mark or any person about to be registered as such may, if he so desires, submit on Form T.M. 1 an address for service for entry in the register and such address may be entered by the Registrar.
(3) All applications on Form T.M. 1 shall be signed by the applicant for registration or the registered proprietor or registered user, as the case may be, unless in exceptional circumstances the Registrar otherwise allows.
(4) In any case in which no address for service is entered in the register, the Registrar may treat the trade or business address of the registered proprietor or registered user as therein entered as his address for service for all purposes connected with the registration.
(5) Any written communication addressed to a party or person as aforesaid at an address given by him, or treated by the Registrar, as his address for service shall be deemed to be properly addressed.
(6) The Registrar may, at any time that a doubt arises as to the continued availability of an address for service entered in the register, request the person for whom it is entered, by letter addressed to his trade or business address in the register, to confirm the address for service, and if, within two months of making such a request, the Registrar receives no confirmation of that address, he may strike it off the register.