Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)Chapter III : Powers and duties of Registrar and Commissioner15. Powers of registrar |
(a) | receive evidence and determine whether and to what extent it shall be given by affidavit or viva voce upon oath; |
(b) | award costs against any part in any proceedings before him; and |
(c) | tax costs so awarded according to the prescribed tariff: Provided that such award and taxation shall be subject to review by the commissioner. |
(2) | The payment of any costs so awarded and taxed and, if reviewed, as so reviewed, may be enforced in the same manner as if they were costs awarded by a judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa in civil proceedings. |