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[接上页] (1) As soon as practicable after the Registrar has decided- (a) to make or decline to make a grant; or (b) to make or decline to make a declaration under section 31(1)(b) of the Ordinance,the Registrar shall advertise his decision in the Gazette. (2) As soon as may be after 1 January of every year, the Registrar shall prepare and publish in the Gazette a list of the relevant varieties and the protected varieties that have been entered in the register in the preceding year under section 6(2), (3) and (4) and are still in force as at that date. Cap 490A s 9 Extension of time limit (1) Where any document or thing is to be delivered, served or given or any act is to be done within a time limit specified by the Registrar, or prescribed by or required under this Regulation, such time limit may, upon application in writing made to the Registrar by the person required to deliver, serve or give the document or thing or do the act, be extended by the Registrar for such period and upon such terms, if any, as he thinks fit if in all the circumstances of the case he considers it reasonable to do so. (2) The Registrar shall give to a person making an application in accordance with subsection (1) notice of his decision to extend or to refuse to extend the time limit in question. Cap 490A s 10 Service of documents (1) An applicant or grantee shall file with the Registrar an address for service within Hong Kong. (2) An applicant or grantee may at any time change his address for service by notice in writing to the Registrar. (3) Any document or thing required or authorized by this Regulation to be delivered to, served on or given to any person other than the Registrar may be delivered, served or given by being delivered to him personally, left for him at his address for service or sent to him there by post. (4) Any document or thing required or authorized by this Regulation to be delivered to, served on or given to the Registrar may be delivered, served or given by being left for the Registrar, or sent to the Registrar by post, at his office or at such other place as the Registrar may have required in writing. (5) Any document or thing sent by post in accordance with subsection (3) or (4) shall be deemed to have been received at the time when the letter, properly addressed and postage prepaid, containing it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post. Cap 490A s 11 Translation of documents Remarks: Amendments retroactively made-see 25 of 1998 s. 2 (1) Where any document submitted to the Registrar pursuant to the provisions of the Ordinance or this Regulation is in a language other than the English or the Chinese language, it shall, unless the Registrar otherwise directs, be accompanied by a complete and adequate translation into the English or the Chinese language. (2) A translation of any document submitted to the Registrar shall be made by a qualified person and shall be certified by such person to be a full and correct translation of the document. (3) A person making the translation is a qualified person if he is certified by the appropriate person mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) to be believed by such appropriate person to be competent to translate the document into the English or the Chinese language (as the case may be), that is to say- (a) if the translation is made outside Hong Kong- (i) a notary public in the place where the translation is made; or (ii) such other person as may be specified by the Registrar;(b) if the translation is made in Hong Kong- (i) a notary public in Hong Kong; (ii) a solicitor of the High Court; or (25 of 1998 s. 2) (iii) such other person as may be specified by the Registrar.(4) The Registrar may in any particular case, if he thinks fit to do so and upon such conditions as he thinks fit, permit translations to be submitted to him though not certified in accordance with the above requirements. Cap 490A s 12 Allowances for advisers (1) A person appointed by a court under section 35(1) of the Ordinance to be an adviser in relation to any appeal is entitled to receive as- (a) remuneration by way of allowances, for his services as an adviser in relation to that appeal; and (b) payment of travelling allowances in respect of time spent travelling in connection with undertaking such services,an allowance of $1690 for each day he is necessarily absent from his place of residence, business or employment for the purposes of sitting with the court as an adviser in relation to that appeal. (2) If the person sits with the court as an adviser in relation to that appeal on any day, and the period during which he is necessarily absent from his place of residence, business or employment for the purposes of sitting with the court as such adviser does not exceed 4 hours, his allowance shall be $845. Cap 490A s 13 Objections before grant (1) If an objection is made under section 14 of the Ordinance, the objector shall upon the Registrar's request furnish the Registrar within 1 month after being requested by the Registrar with- |