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| (1) An application for registration of an industrial design shall be made to the Registrar in the prescribed form and shall contain-
| | (a) a request for registration of the industrial design; | | |
| | (b) the name, address and description of the applicant and, if he is resident outside Sri Lanka, a postal address for service in Sri Lanka; | | |
| | (c) a specimen of the article embodying the industrial design or copies of a photographic or graphic representation of the industrial design, in colour where it is in colour, or drawings and tracings of the design; | | |
| | (d) an indication of the kind of products for which the industrial design is to be used and, where the regulations make provision for classification, an indication of the class or classes in which such products are included; | | |
| | (e) a declaration by the applicant that the industrial design is new to the best of his knowledge. | | |
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| (2) The application for registration may be accompanied by a declaration signed by. the creator of the industrial design, giving his name and address and requesting that he be mentioned as such in the registration. |
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| (3) Where the applicant is not the creator of the industrial design the application shall be accompanied by a statement justifying the applicant's right to obtain registration. |
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| (4) The Registrar shall send a copy of the statement referred to in subsection (3) to the creator of the industrial design who shall have the right to inspect the application and to receive, on payment of the prescribed fee, a copy thereof. |
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| (5) Where the application is filed through an agent, it shall be accompanied by a power of attorney granted to such agent by the applicant: |
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| (6) An application may be made for the registration of any number of industrial designs not exceeding fifty provided that they are of the same class or kind. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts