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158 of this Act apply to protect any design which does not belong to a person resident within Canada and is not applied to a subject matter manufactured in Canada.

23. On the copy returned to the person registering, a certificate shall be given, signed by the Minister or by his Deputy, that the design has been registered, the date of registration, the name of the registered proprietor, his address, the number of such design, and the number or letter employed to denote or correspond with the registration, which said certificate, in the absence of proof to the contrary, shall be sufficient proof of the design, of the name of the proprietor, of the registration of the commencement and period of registry, of the person named as proprietor being proprietor, of the originality of the design, and of compliance with the provisions of this Act; and generally the writing so signed shall be received as evidence of the facts therein stated, without proof of the signature.

24. Any person may be allowed to inspect the Register of Trade Marks and the Register of Industrial Designs; and the Minister may cause copies or representations of Trade Marks or Industrial Designs to tie delivered, on the applicant for the same paying the fee which shall be deemed sufficient for the purpose of having the same copied or represented.

25. The Minister of Agriculture shall have power to refuse to register such designs as do not appear to him to be within signs. the provisions of this Act, or when the design is contrary to public morality or order, subject, however, to appeal to the Governor in Council.

26. The Minister of Agriculture shall, from time to time, cause to be published in the Canada Gazette the titles of the designs registered and the names and places of abode of the registered proprietors.

Clerical errors not to invalidate.}}27. Clerical errors happening in the drawing up or copying of any of any instrument, shall not be construed as invalidating the same, but when discovered they may be corrected under the authority of the Minister of Agriculture.

28. The following fees shall be payable, to wit:—

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