Opposition to grant

(1) If an opposition is filed under section 41 of the Act, the person filing the opposition shall upon the Registrar’s request furnish the Registrar within 1 month after being requested by the Registrar with– (a) a statement of the grounds upon which the person opposing the grant files his objection; (b) particulars of any evidence by way of a statutory declaration in support of the opposition; and 13 (c) any other information that the Registrar thinks relevant and requests from the person filing the opposition. (2) If the person filing the opposition fails to comply with subregulation (1), he shall, unless the Registrar otherwise directs, be deemed to have abandoned his opposition. (3) The Registrar shall within 14 days of being furnished with the matters referred to in subregulation (1)– (a) send to the applicant concerned a copy of such matters; and (b) send to the applicant concerned and the person filing the opposition notice of a date and time when he will hear argument in the case, which date shall, unless the applicant concerned and the person filing the opposition consent to shorter notice, be at least 14 days after the date of the notice. (4) If the applicant concerned or the person filing the opposition fails to appear before the Registrar on the date and at the time for hearing the argument referred to in subregulation (3) (b), the Registrar may– (a) if he is satisfied that the failure to appear is due to reasonable cause, adjourn the hearing of the argument to a date and time that he thinks fit; or (b) proceed to hear argument from the party appearing before him and make a decision without hearing argument from the party who fails to appear.