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Designs Act, 1993 (Act No. 195 of 1993)

8. Inspection of register

 

 

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the register or any document lodged at the designs office shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, be open to inspection by the public during the prescribed hours.

 

(2) The right of inspection conferred by subsection (1) shall not include the right to make copies of or take extracts from the register or any document referred to in that subsection by mechanical means: Provided that the registrar may, where owing to circumstances beyond his control copies of any document required in terms of section 9 cannot be furnished without undue delay, permit any person to make such copies by mechanical means.