Priority limitation

(1) An applicant for the registration of a mark who is under section 56 of the Act availing himself of the priority of an earlier application in a country that is a member of the Paris Convention must submit his application to the Registrar within 6 months of the making of the earlier application. (2) The copy of the earlier application must be submitted within 90 days from the date of the application to the Registrar and must be in English; if the copy of the earlier application is not in English, it must be accompanied with a translation satisfactory to the Registrar and duly endorsed by the applicant or his agent.