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(3) Where the Registrar is of the opinion that
there may have been any fraud in the registration,
assignment or transmission of a registered trade
mark, he may himself apply to the Tribunal under
this section.
(4) Any order of the Tribunal rectifying the Register shall direct that notice of the rectification shall
be served in the prescribed manner on the Registrar,
and the Registrar shall, on receipt of the notice,
rectify the Register accordingly.
(5) The power to rectify the Register conferred by
this section shall include power to alter a registration
in Part A of the Register to a registration in Part B of
the Register.
38 Power to expunge or vary registration for
breach of condition or registration of
distinguishing guise
(1) On application by—
(a) any person aggrieved to the Tribunal or, at
the option of the applicant and subject to section seventy-seven, to the Registrar; or
(b) the Registrar to the Tribunal;
the Tribunal or the Registrar may make such order
as the Tribunal or the Registrar may think fit for
expunging or varying the registration of a trade mark
on the ground of any contravention of or failure to
observe a condition entered on the Register in
relation thereto.
(2) On application by any person aggrieved to the
Tribunal or, at the option of the applicant and
subject to section seventy-seven, to the Registrar, the
Tribunal or the Registrar may make such order as
the Tribunal or the Registrar may think fit for
expunging or varying the registration of a distinguishing guise on the ground that the registration of
that distinguishing guise has become likely to limit
unreasonably the development of any art or industry.
TRADE MARKS ACT
(b)
enter the name and address of any person
appointed for the purposes of his address for
service and cancel any previous appointment.
(4) The Registrar, after giving such notice, if any,
as he considers to be necessary, may correct any
error in an entry in the Register which has been
made by an officer in the Trade Marks Office.
39 Correction of Register
(1) On request made in the prescribed manner by
the registered proprietor, the Registrar may—
(a) correct any error in the name, address or
description of the registered proprietor of a
trade mark; or
(b) enter any change in the name, address or
description of the person who is registered as
proprietor of a trade mark; or
(c) cancel the entry of a trade mark on the
Register; or
(d) strike out any goods or services from those in
respect of which a trade mark is registered; or
(e) enter a disclaimer or memorandum relating to
a trade mark which does not in any way extend the rights given by the existing registration of the trade mark.
(2) On request made in the prescribed manner by
the registered user of a trade mark, the Registrar
may correct any error or enter any change in the
name, address or description of the registered user.
(3) On request made in the prescribed manner by
the registered proprietor or the registered user, as the
case may be, the Registrar may—
(a) correct any error or enter any change in the
name or address of the person appointed for
the purposes of his address for service; or
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