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TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE (3) Notification in accordance with Article 6ter(3) of the Paris Convention shall have effect only in relation to applications for registration made more than 2 months after the receipt of the notification.

(4) The Registrar shall keep and make available for public inspection at the Registry by any person, during the normal business hours of the Registry, and free of charge, a list of—
 * (a) the state emblems and official signs or hallmarks; and
 * (b) the emblems, abbreviations and names of international intergovernmental organizations,

which are for the time being protected under the Paris Convention by virtue of a notification under Article 6ter(3) of the Paris Convention. PART X The register of trade marks 67. Register to be kept

(1) The Registrar shall keep at the Registry a register to be known as the register of trade marks.

(2) There shall be entered in the register in accordance with this Ordinance and the rules—
 * (a) particulars as to applications for registration of trade marks, including the filing dates and dates of priority;
 * (b) the names of owners of registered trade marks;
 * (c) particulars as to transactions, instruments or events affecting rights in or under registered trade marks and applications for registration; and
 * (d) such other matters as the Registrar may think fit.

(3) The register need not be kept in documentary form.

68. Right to inspect the register

(1) Subject to any rules, the public shall have a right to inspect the register during the normal business hours of the Registry.

(2) In relation to any portion of the register kept otherwise than in documentary form, the right of inspection conferred by subsection (1) is a right to inspect the material on the register.