Hong Kong Ordinances

REGISTERED DESIGNS ORDINANCE - SECT 82

Rules relating to language of proceedings

(1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 79, the Registrar may make
rules-

   (a)  requiring, in respect of any document filed or to be filed in
        proceedings under this Ordinance, the filing of a translation of the
        document into the language of the proceedings or into one or both of
        the official languages;

   (b)  providing for the use by any person in oral proceedings before the
        Registrar of a language other than the language of the proceedings;

   (c)  in respect of documents to be used for the purpose of evidence in
        proceedings before the Registrar and which are in a language other
        than the language of the proceedings, providing for the filing of the
        document in that other language and the filing of a translation of the
        document into the language of the proceedings or into one of the
        official languages; and

   (d)  in respect of information provided or to be provided to the Registrar
        and which is to be entered in the Register, requiring the provision of
        that information in both official languages.

(2) Rules made under subsection (1)(a) or (d)-

   (a)  may specify periods within which translations of documents into the
        language of the proceedings or into the official languages are to be
        filed or within which information in the official languages is to be
        provided; and

   (b)  may provide for extensions, upon application by a party to the
        proceedings, of such periods, and may require that applications for
        such extension shall be subject to the payment of a prescribed penalty
        fee.