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(1) Unless provided otherwise, the application and any accompanying statements or documents shall be filed in duplicate, but the Registrar may require that they be filed in more than two copies.

(2) All documents of the application shall be so presented as to admit of direct reproduction by photography, electrostatic processes, photo offset and microfilming.

(3) All sheets shall be free from cracks, creases and folds and only one side of each sheet contained in the application shall be used.

(4) All documents of the application shall be on A4 paper (29. 7 cm x 21 cm) which shall be strong, white, smooth, non-shiny and durable.

(5) Notwithstanding subregulation (4) , the Registrar may accept sheets of sizes other than A4

(6) The minimum - margins of sheets shall be 2 cm.

(7) All sheets shall be numbered at the top of the sheet and in the middle, in consecutive arabic numerals.

(8) The text matter of the application shall be typed or printed in a dark, indelible colour in at least 1½ line spacing but graphic symbols, chemical or mathematical formulae and certain characters may, if necessary, be hand written or drawn.

(9) In the application, every fifth line of each sheet of the description and the claims shall be numbered in arabic numerals placed to the left of the relevant lines but to the right of the margin.

(10) Drawings shall be executed in durable, black, sufficiently dense and dark, uniformly thick and well-defined lines and strokes without colouring.

(11) The application and any associated statement or document shall be filed in the national language or in the English language.