Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)Chapter III : Powers and duties of Registrar and Commissioner18. Proceedings before commissioner |
| (1) | Save as is otherwise provided in this Act, no tribunal other than the commissioner shall have jurisdiction in the first instance to hear and decide any proceedings, other than criminal proceedings, relating to any matter under this Act. |
| (2) | Any proceedings which in terms of this Act are to be heard and decided by the commissioner shall be heard and decided by him at such place in Pretoria as may be designated by the registrar: Provided that if it be made to appear to him that the proceedings may be more conveniently or fitly heard and decided in another place, the commissioner may hear and decide the proceedings in such other place. |
| (3) | If, during the hearing of any proceedings before the commissioner, any person wilfully interrupts the proceedings or wilfully insults the commissioner or any person attending at such hearing, or otherwise misbehaves himself at the hearing, the commissioner may make an order committing that person to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month or order that person to pay a fine not exceeding R100 or in default of payment thereof to be imprisoned for a period not exceeding one month. |
