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TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE (4) Except where the Registrar or the court directs otherwise, the effect of rectification of the register is that the error or omission in question is deemed never to have been made.

(5) The Registrar may, on request made by the owner of a registered trade mark or a licensee, or by any person having an interest in or charge on a registered trade mark the particulars of which have been entered in the register under section 29 (registration of transactions affecting registered trade mark), enter any change in his name or address, or in any other particulars identifying such person, as recorded in the register.

(6) Where the Registrar is satisfied that an error or omission in the register is attributable to an error or omission on his part or on the part of the staff of the Registry, he may on his own initiative correct the error or omission in the register, but before doing so he shall give notice of the proposed correction to any person who appears to him to be concerned.

(7) The Registrar may remove from the register matter appearing to him to have ceased to have effect.

58. Amendment of entries to accord with new classification, etc.

(1) Provision may be made by the rules to empower the Registrar to do such things as he considers necessary to implement any amended or substituted classification of goods or services for the purposes of the registration of trade marks.

(2) Provision may in particular be made by the rules to empower the Registrar to amend entries in the register so as to accord with the amended or substituted classification of goods or services.

(3) Where the rules empower the Registrar to amend entries in the register, provision shall also be made by the rules for—
 * (a) the giving of notice to any owner of a registered trade mark who may be affected by an amendment proposed to be made by the Registrar;
 * (b) the publication in the official journal of particulars of the amendments proposed to be made by the Registrar;
 * (c) the making of objections, within such time as may be prescribed, by any owner of a registered trade mark claiming to be affected; and
 * (d) the filing of oppositions, within such time as may be prescribed, by any other person claiming to be affected.

(4) Provision may also be made by the rules to empower the Registrar—
 * (a) to require the owner of a registered trade mark, within such time as may be prescribed, to file a proposal for amendment of entries in the register so as to accord with any amended or substituted classification of goods or services; and