Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)Chapter III : Powers and duties of Registrar and Commissioner16. Exercise of discretionary power by registrar and commissioner |
| (1) | Whenever any discretionary power is conferred by this Act upon the registrar or the commissioner, he shall not exercise that power adversely to an applicant or an objector or other person who according to the register appears to be an interested party, without (if so required by the applicant or objector or other interested party within a time fixed by the registrar or the commissioner, as the case may be) giving that applicant or objector or interested party an opportunity of being heard. |
| (2) | Whenever by this Act any time is specified within which any act or thing is to be done, the registrar or the commissioner, as the case may be, may, save where it is otherwise expressly provided, extend the time either before or after its expiry. |
