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Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)

Chapter III : Powers and duties of Registrar and Commissioner

15. Powers of registrar

 

 

(1) The registrar may, for the purposes of this Act—
(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.