Trade Marks Act, 1999
71. Applications for registration of certification
trade marks.-
(1) An application for the registration of a
mark as a certification trade mark shall be made to the Registrar in the
prescribed manner by the person proposed to be registered as the proprietor
thereof, and accompanied by a draft of the regulations to be deposited under
section 74.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 70,
the provisions of sections 18, 19 and 22 shall apply in relation to an
application under this section as they apply in relation to an application
under section 18, subject to the modification that references therein to
acceptance of an application shall be construed as references to authorization
to proceed with an application.
(3) In dealing under the said provision with
an application under this section, the tribunal shall have regard to the like
considerations, so far as relevant, as if the applications were applications
under section 18 and to any other consideration relevant to applications under
this section, including the desirability of securing that t certification trade
mark shall comprise some indication that it is a certification trade mark.