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Renewal of registration.
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48.—(1) Subject to payment of the prescribed renewal fee, the registration of a trade mark may be renewed at the request of the proprietor.
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(2) Provision shall be made by rules for the Controller to inform the proprietor of a registered trade mark, before the expiry of the registration, of the date of expiry and the manner in which the registration may be renewed.
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(3) Subject to subsection (4), a request for renewal must be made, and the prescribed renewal fee paid, before the expiry of the registration.
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(4) If subsection (3) is not complied with, a request for renewal may be made and the fee paid within such further period (of not less than six months) as may be prescribed; in which case the prescribed additional renewal fee must also be paid within that period.
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(5) A term of renewal shall take effect from the expiry of the previous registration.
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(6) If the registration is not renewed in accordance with the preceding provisions, the Controller shall remove the trade mark from the register; but provision may be made by rules for the restoration of the registration of a trade mark which has been removed from the register, subject to such conditions (if any) as may be prescribed.
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(7) The renewal, removal or restoration of the registration of a trade mark shall be published in the Journal.
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