Industrial Designs Order, 1999 · As enacted · Part VI · Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions
75. !1)
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where, either before or after commencement, an application for registration of an industrial design has been made and it appears to the Registrar that the industrial design is one of a class notified to him by the Attorney General as relevant for defence purposes, the Registrar may give directions for prohibiting or restricting the publication of information with respect to the industrial design, or the communication of such information to any person or class of persons specified in the directions.
application for registration
"application for registration" means an application for registration of an industrial design made under section 15; 61 29th. JANUARY, 2000 11article 11 means any article of manufacture and includes any part of an article if that part is made and sold separately;
Rules may be made for securing that where such directions are given-
{a}
the representation of the industrial design; and
industrial design
"industrial design" means features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament applied to an article by any industrial process, being features which in the finished article appeal to and are judged by the eye, but does not include - fa} a method or principle of construction; or [i) are dictated solely by the function which the article has to perform; or
{b) any evidence filed in support of the applicant's application for registration that the industrial design is registrable, shall not be open to public inspection in the Registry during the continuance in force of the directions.
Where the Registrar gives such directions, he shall give notice of the application of the directions to the Attorney General, and thereupon the following provisions shall have effect -
{a}
the Attorney General shall consider whether the publication of the industrial design would be prejudicial to the defence of Brunei Darussalam;
{b)
the Attorney General may at any time after the industrial design has been registered or, with the consent of the applicant, at any time before the industrial design has been registered, inspect the representation of the industrial design and any such evidence as to its registrability;
{c) if upon the consideration of the industrial design at any time it appears to the Attorney General that the publication of the industrial design would not, or would no longer, be prejudicial to the defence of Brunei Darussalam, notice may be given to the Registrar to that effect; and
{d)
on the receipt of any such notice the Registrar shall revoke the directions and may, subject to any such conditions as he may think fit, extend the time for doing anything required or authorised to be done by or under this Order in connection with the application for registration, whether or not that time has previously expired.
Terms defined in s 2
application for registration
Defined · s 2"application for registration" means an application for registration of an industrial design made under section 15; 61 29th. JANUARY, 2000 11article 11 means any article of manufacture and includes any part of an article if that part is made and sold separately;
industrial design
Defined · s 2"industrial design" means features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament applied to an article by any industrial process, being features which in the finished article appeal to and are judged by the eye, but does not include - fa} a method or principle of construction; or [i) are dictated solely by the function which the article has to perform; or