Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)

The patent office as designated Office or elected Office shall not commence processing of the national phase of an international application designating or electing the Republic before the expiration of the period referred to in section 43E(1) except where the applicant complies with that section and lodges with the patent office a written request for early commencement of such processing.

[Section 43D substituted by section 4 of Act No. 58 of 2002.]