Imprint Act, 1993 (Act No. 43 of 1993)

3. Registration of imprint abbreviation
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(1)A printer who desires to use an abbreviation instead of his full name and address as contemplated in section 2, shall apply therefor to the Printing Industries Federation of South Africa or such other authority as the Minister may designate by notice in the Gazette.

 

(2)Any such application shall contain the prescribed particulars and be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

 

(3)The Federation or authority, as the case may be, shall in writing notify the applicant of the result of the application.

 

(4)No person other than the printer to whom consent has been granted to use an abbreviation, shall use that abbreviation in connection with any printed matter.

 

(5)The Federation or authority contemplated in subsection (1) shall keep a register of the prescribed particulars of all applications in terms of this section, and shall upon application by any person and on payment of the prescribed fee furnish such person with a certified copy of such particulars of that register as he may require.

 

(6)

(a)Whenever a change occurs in regard to any of the particulars furnished in any application in terms of subsection (1), the printer concerned shall within 14 days after the day on which the change occurred, in writing notify the Federation or authority contemplated in subsection (1) of such change.
(b)Any such notice shall contain the prescribed particulars and be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(c)The Federation or authority, as the case may be, shall thereupon appropriately alter the register referred to in subsection (S).