Right of priority

(1) The application may contain a declaration claiming priority, as provided in the Paris Convention, of one or more earlier national, regional, or international applications filed by the applicant or his predecessor in title in or for any State party to the Convention. (2) Where the application contains a declaration referred to in subsection (1) of this section, the Registrar may require the applicant to furnish, within the prescribed period, a copy of the earlier application or international application, certified as correct by the office with which it was filed, and the effect of that declaration shall be as provided for in the Paris Convention. (3) Where the earlier application is not in English, the Registrar may also request the applicant to furnish a translation thereof verified by the translator that the translation is, to the best of his knowledge, complete and faithful. (4) Where the Registrar is satisfied that the requirements of section 5 and this section and the Regulations pertaining to a declaration have not been fulfilled, the declaration shall be considered not to have been made.