Certificate of registration

(1) The Registrar shall issue a certificate of registration in respect of each layout-design registered under this Act. (2) A certificate of registration issued in respect of a layout- design shall include the following particulars– (a) the name and address of the registered owner of the layout-design; (b) the title of the layout-design; (c) a description of the nature or function of the layout-design; (d) where the layout-design has been commercially exploited, the date on which and place at which the layout-design was first commercially exploited; (e) the filing date of the application for registration of the layout-design; (f) the date of registration of the layout-design; Protection of Layout-Designs (Topographies) of 16 [CAP. 256 Integrated Circuits (g) the date of expiration of the exclusive right to the layout-design; and (h) the registration number of the layout-design. (3) A certificate of registration issued in respect of layout- design that purports to be signed by the Registrar is, without proof of the signature, admissible in any court as evidence of the facts alleged in the certificate and is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof that– (a) the layout-design was registrable under this Act at the time of the registration; and (b) that the application for registration of the layout-design was correct in all material particulars and did not omit any material (4) The Registrar may, for the purposes of correcting any typographical or clerical error in a certificate of registration, amend the certificate or issue a new certificate in substitution for the certificate. Miscellaneous