Section 19

The right of priority shall have the effect that the filing date of the previous application claimed under section 18 shall be regarded as being the filing date of the application for registration under this Order for the purpose of determining whether the industrial design is new.

Incorporating amendments until S 3/2020

(Clean version) Norhasnani/fiqah/Karimah_as of 8th June 2020

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BLUV as at 13th February 2020

Subsection (1) shall not be construed as excluding the power to give directions under subsection (3) of section 9 in relation to the application for registration under this Order.

Where an application for registration of an industrial design is filed under this

Order and the priority of a previous application is claimed under section 18, then, notwithstanding anything contained in this Order, the application shall not be refused and the registration of the industrial design under this Order shall not be invalidated by reason only of the fact that the previous application has been published at any time after the filing date of the previous application.

Withdrawal of applications.