Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Designs Act, 1993 (Act No. 195 of 1993)RegulationsDesigns Regulations, 199910. Documents |
| (1) | Subject to any directions that may be given by the registrar all documents, other than representations and priority documents, required by the Act or by these regulations to be filed with the registrar shall be in one of the official languages of the Republic. |
| (2) | All such documents shall be so presented as to permit reproduction by photography, reprography or electronic means of an unlimited number of copies. Where paper forms are used, only one side of a sheet shall be used, except where otherwise specified. |
| (3) | Save as specifically provided otherwise, all documents shall be on A4 paper, which shall be strong, pliable and durable or in such electronic form as authorised by the registrar for electronic services. Each sheet shall be used with its short sides at the top and bottom (except where inappropriate in the case of representations). |
| (4) | Except for representations and priority documents lodged in terms of regulation 17 (2), the minimum margins (which shall be kept completely blank) shall be as follows: |
Top: 20 mm
Left side: 25 mm
Right side: 15 mm
Bottom: 10 mm
| (5) | In all typed or printed documents the letters shall be of readily legible size. All documents except representations shall be in typescript or lithographed or printed in dark, durable colour. |
| (6) | In all documents units of measure shall be expressed in terms of the SI System. If a different system is used, units of measure shall be expressed also in terms of the SI System. In general, use shall be made of technical terms, signs and symbols generally accepted in the field in question, where such terms, signs or symbols are used. |
| (7) | All documents, including representations, shall be reasonably free from erasures and from alterations, overwritings and interlineations and shall in all cases be legible. |
