Section 16: Right of priority
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16. Right of priority
(1) An application may contain a declaration claiming the priority, as provided for in the Paris Convention, of one or more earlier national, regional or
international applications filed by the applicant or his predecessor in title in or
for any State party to the said Convention or any member of the World
Trade Organisation.
(2) Where the application contains a declaration under subsection (1), the
Controller may require the applicant to furnish, within the prescribed time
limit, a copy of the earlier application certified as correct by the office with
which it was filed.
(3) The effect of the said declaration shall be as provided in the Paris
Convention.
(4) Where the Controller finds that the requirements under this section
have not been fulfilled, the said declaration shall be considered not to have
been made.