Conditional acceptance

(1) When the Registrar is willing to accept an application for registration if it is subjected to any condition, amendment, disclaimer, modification or limitation, the Registrar may in writing communicate this circumstance to the applicant; and if the applicant does not object to the condition, amendment, disclaimer, modification or limitation, he shall, within 30 days after receipt of the communication, so inform the Registrar and alter his application accordingly. (2) If an applicant described in subrule (1) fails to notify the Registrar as required by that subrule and does not object under rule 29 within the time provided therefor, he shall be deemed to have withdrawn his application. Act 62 of 2002. (3) Where any application for the registration of a trade mark is amended in any form or manner, there shall be paid a publication fee of one hundred dollars for the publication of the amendment in one issue of the Gazette.