S.L. 597.4 Art. 30Inspection of documents.

(1) Subject to sub-rules (2) and (3), the Comptroller shall permit all documents filed or kept at the Office in relation to a registered mark to be inspected.

(2) The Comptroller shall not be obliged to permit the inspection of any such document as is mentioned in sub-rule (1) until he has completed any procedure, or the stage in the procedure which is relevant to the document in question, which he is required or permitted to carry out under the Act or these rules.

(3) The right of inspection under sub-rule (1) does not apply to:

(a) any document until fourteen (14) days after it has been filed at the Office;

(b) any document prepared in the Office solely for use therein;

(c) any document sent to the Office, whether at its request or otherwise, for inspection and subsequent return to the sender;

(d) any document issued or received by the Office which the Comptroller considers should be treated as confidential.

(4) Nothing in sub-rule (1) shall be construed as imposing on the Comptroller any duty of making available for public inspection:

(a) any document or part of a document which in his opinion disparages any person in a way likely to damage him; or

(b) any document filed with or sent to the Office before the enactment of the Act.

(5) No appeal shall lie from a decision of the Comptroller under sub-rule (4) not to make any document or part of a document available for public inspection.