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| (1) The registered owner of an industrial design may renounce the registration by a declaration in writing signed by him or on his behalf and submitted to the Registrar. |
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| (2) The Registrar shall, on receipt of the said declaration, record it in the register and cause such record to be published in the Gazette. |
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| (3) The renunciation shall take effect from the date that the Registrar receives the said declaration. |
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| (4) Where a licence contract in respect of an industrial design is recorded in the register the Registrar shall not, in the absence of provision to the contrary in such licence contract accept or record the said renunciation except upon receipt of a signed declaration by which every licensee or sub-licensee on record consents to the said renunciation, unless the requirement of his consent is expressly waived in the licence contract. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts