Patents Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Property in Patents and Applications for Patents and Registration
46. Evidence of register, documents etc.
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The register shall be prima facie evidence of anything required or authorised by this Act or the rules to be registered.
register
“register”, when used as a noun, means the register of patents maintained under section 43 and, when used as a verb, means, in relation to any thing, to register or register particulars, or enter notice, of that thing in the register and, when used in relation to a person, means to enter his name in the register;
A certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar and certifying that any entry which he is authorised by this Act or rules to make has or has not been made, or that any other thing which he is so authorised to do has or has not been done, shall be prima facie evidence of the matter so certified.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Patents and includes any Deputy Registrar of Patents holding office under this Act;
Each of the following, that is to say —
a copy of an entry in the register or an extract from the register which is supplied under section 43(6);
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a copy of any document kept in the Registry or an extract from any such document; or
any specification of a patent or any application for a patent which has been published, which purports to be a certified copy or a certified extract shall be admitted in evidence without further proof and without production of the original.
In this section, “certified copy” and “certified extract” mean a copy and an extract certified by the Registrar and sealed with the seal of the
Registry.
Terms defined in s 2
patent
Defined · s 2“patent” means a patent under this Act and includes a patent in force by virtue of section 114(4);
published
Defined · s 2“published” means made available to the public (whether in Brunei Darussalam or elsewhere) and a document shall be taken to be published under any provision of this Act if it can be inspected as of right at any place in Brunei Darussalam by members of the public, whether on payment of a fee or not, and “republished” shall be construed accordingly;
register
Defined · s 2“register”, when used as a noun, means the register of patents maintained under section 43 and, when used as a verb, means, in relation to any thing, to register or register particulars, or enter notice, of that thing in the register and, when used in relation to a person, means to enter his name in the register;
Registrar
Defined · s 2“Registrar” means the Registrar of Patents and includes any Deputy Registrar of Patents holding office under this Act;
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