Trade Marks Act, 1963
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Controller's appearance in proceedings. |
56.—(1) The Controller shall be given notice in writing (by the plaintiff, appellant or applicant, as the case may be) of any legal proceeding in which the relief sought would affect the register (including an appeal from any order or decision of the Controller and an application under section 25 or 26 of this Act to extend the time for making an appeal against a decision of the Controller under either of those sections) and of the decision of the Court respecting any such legal proceeding, and shall have the right to appear and be heard, and shall appear if so directed by the Court, in any such legal proceeding. | |
(2) Unless otherwise directed by the Court, the Controller in lieu of appearing and being heard may submit to the Court a statement in writing signed by him, giving particulars of the proceedings before him in relation to the matter in issue or of the grounds of any decision given by him affecting it or of the practice of the Office in like cases or of such other matters relevant to the issues, and within his knowledge as Controller, as he thinks fit, and the statement shall be deemed to form part of the evidence in the proceeding. |