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| (1) An application may contain a declaration claiming the priority, pursuant to the Convention, of one or more earlier national, regional or international applications filed by the applicant or his predecessor in title in or for any State party to the said Convention. |
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| (2) Where the application contains a declaration under subsection (1), the Registrar may require that the applicant furnish, within the prescribed time, a copy of the earlier application, certified as correct by the Office with which it was filed or, where the earlier application is an international application filed under the Patent Co-operation Treaty, by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization. |
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| (3) The effect of the declaration referred to in subsection (1) shall be as provided in the Convention referred to therein. |
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| (4) Where any of the requirements of this section or any regulations pertaining thereto have not been complied with the declaration referred to in subsection (1) shall be deemed to be null and void. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts