Intellectual Property Act 2003 · As enacted · Part IV · Chapter
76. Right of priority
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
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An application may contain a declaration claiming the priority, pursuant to the Convention, of one or more earlier national, regional or international applications filed by the applicant or his predecessor in title in or for any
State party to the said Convention.
Where the application contains a declaration under subsection (1), the Director-General may require the applicant to furnish, within the prescribed period, a copy of the earlier application, certified as correct by an officer authorized in that behalf, for that purpose by the Office with which it was filed or, where the earlier application is an international application filed under the Patent Co-operation
Treaty, by an office authorized in that behalf for that purpose by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property
Organization.
The effect of the declaration referred to in subsection (1) shall be the same as provided for in the Convention referred to therein.
Where any of the requirements of this section or any regulation made thereunder have not been complied with, the declaration referred to in subsection (1) shall be deemed to be null and void.
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