ss 47–54 TRADE MARKS ACT permit such inspection and affording that person an opportunity of appealing in terms of subsection (3). (3) An appeal shall lie from any decision of the Registrar under this section. (4) In this section— “prescribed form” means any application, request, authorization, declaration or other notice made or given in a form which has been prescribed for the purpose, but does not include any document accompanying or annexed to such form. PART X 55 Power of Registrar to award costs (1) Subject to subsection (2) of section fortynine, in all proceedings before the Registrar under this Act, the Registrar shall have power to award to any party such costs as he may consider reasonable and to direct how and by what parties they are to be paid. (2) Any costs awarded by the Registrar shall be taxed by a taxing officer of the Tribunal and payment thereof may be enforced in the same manner as if they were costs allowed by the Tribunal. (3) An appeal shall lie from any decision of the Registrar under this section. 56 Proceedings before Registrar (1) Evidence in any proceedings before the Registrar under this Act shall be given by affidavit: Provided that the Registrar may, if he thinks fit in any particular case, take oral evidence on oath in lieu of or in addition to such evidence. (2) The Registrar may, in any proceedings before him under this Act, allow any witness to be crossexamined on his affidavit or oral evidence. (3) The Registrar may, in any proceedings before him under this Act, decide the hours, times and places at which he will sit and he may adjourn such proceedings for such time and to such place as he may think fit. (4) For the purposes of any proceedings before him under this Act, the Registrar shall have the same powers, rights and privileges as are conferred upon a commissioner by the Commissions of Inquiry Act [Chapter 10:07], other than the power to order a person to be detained in custody, and sections 9 to 13 and 15 to 19 of that Act shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in relation to the hearing and determination of any matter before the Registrar under this Act and to any person summoned to give evidence or giving evidence before him. 57 Advertisements to be approved by Registrar (1) Subject to subsection (2), no advertisement or notice shall be published by any person under this Act unless it is in the prescribed form or the Registrar has approved the contents of such advertisement or notice and an advertisement or notice which has not been so approved shall not have any force or effect for the purposes of this Act. (2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to an advertisement or notice published by or under the authority of the President or the Minister. [Chapter 26:04] TRADE MARK AGENTS 58 Trade mark agents and their functions (1) Subject to this Act, a trade mark agent may act as agent on behalf of any person in connection with any matter or proceeding before the Registrar under this Act 110