Trade Marks Act, 1993 (Act No. 194 of 1993)Part II : Administration6. Registrar of trade marks |
| (1) | There shall be an officer for the Republic styled the registrar of trade marks, who shall be appointed subject to the laws governing the public service and who shall, subject to the directions of the Minister, have the chief control of the trade marks office. |
| (2) | There may similarly be appointed one or more deputy registrars of trade marks and one or more assistant registrars, who shall, subject to the control of the registrar, have all the powers conferred by this Act on the registrar, and the senior of whom shall, whenever the registrar is for any reason unable to fulfil his duties, act temporarily in his stead. |
| (3) | The Minister may appoint, whenever he may deem it necessary, a judge as defined in section 1(1) of the Judges’ Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act, 1989 (Act No. 88 of 1989), or a judge who has been discharged from active service in terms of section 3 of the said Act, or an advocate or an attorney of the Supreme Court of South Africa, to exercise any power or to perform any duty conferred or imposed upon the registrar in terms of this Act, and for the purposes of this Act the exercise of such power or the performance of such duty shall be deemed to have been done by the registrar. |
| (4) | The registrar of trade marks and a deputy or an assistant registrar of trade marks appointed under section 6 of the repealed Act shall be deemed to have been appointed under this section. |