Cap. 417 Art. 105Information about applications and registered designs.

(1) After publication of the registration of a design, the

Comptroller shall on request provide a person with such information and permit him to inspect all documents filed or kept at the Office relating to the registered design, as maybe specified in the request. Any such request must be accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed.

(2) Before publication of registration of a design, documents or information constituting or relating to the application shall not be published by the Comptroller or made available to the pubic except with the consent of the applicant.

(3) The Comptroller shall not be obliged to permit the inspection of any such document as is mentioned in subarticle (1) above until he has completed any procedure or the stage in the procedure which is relevant to the document in question, which he is required or permitted to carry out under the Act.

(4) The right of inspection under subarticle (1) does not apply to:

(a) any document until fourteen days after it has been filed at the Office;

(b) any document prepared in the Office solely for use therein;

(c) any document sent to the Office, whether at its request or otherwise, for inspection and subsequent return to the sender;

(d) any request for information under this article;

(e) any document issued or received by the Office which Comptroller considers should be treated as confidential;

(f) any document or part of a document which in the opinion of the Comptroller disparages any person in a way likely to damage him; or

(g) any document filed with or sent to the Office before the enactment of the Act.