Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)Chapter III : Powers and duties of Registrar and Commissioner15. Powers of registrar |
| (a) | receive evidence and determine whether and to what extent it shall be given by affidavit or viva voce upon oath; |
| (b) | award costs against any part in any proceedings before him; and |
| (c) | tax costs so awarded according to the prescribed tariff: Provided that such award and taxation shall be subject to review by the commissioner. |
| (2) | The payment of any costs so awarded and taxed and, if reviewed, as so reviewed, may be enforced in the same manner as if they were costs awarded by a judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa in civil proceedings. |