Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. [Ch. 31. No. 18.

equivalent to the provision to be made by or under this
section has been or will be made under the law of that
country, make rules empowering the Registrar to extend
the time for making application under section 64 of this
Ordinance for the granting, in priority to other applicants,
of a patent for an invention, or for the registration, in
priority to other applicants, of a design, in any case where
the period specified in subsection (2) of the said section 64
for the making of an application under the said section
-xpires during a period prescribed by the rules.

(2) Rules made under this section-—

(a) may, where any agreement or arrangement has
been made between His Majesty’s government in the
United Kingdom and the government of the Convention
country for the supply or mutual exchange of informa-
tion or articles, provide, cither generally or in any
class of case specified in the rules, that an extension
of time shall not be granted under this section unless
the invention or design has been communicated in
accordance with the agreement or arrangement ;

(6) may, either .generally or in any class of case
specified in the rules, fix the maximum extension
which may be granted under this section and provide
for reducing the term of any patent granted on an
application made by virtue of this section, and (not-
withstanding anything contained in rules made under
this Ordinance) vary the times for the payment of renewal
fees in respect of such a patent and the amount of such
fees;

(c) may prescribe or allow any special procedure
in connection with applications made by virtue of this
section ;

(d) may empower the Registrar, as respects any
application made by virtue of this section, to substitute
for the period of twelve months specified in subsection
(6) of the said section 64 such other period as appears
to him expedient ;

(e) may empower the Registrar to extend, subject
to such conditions, if any, as may be imposed by or
under the rules, the time limited by or under the

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