PART VI - APPLICATION, PROCEDURE FOR GRANT AND DURATION
Section 27. Right of priority.
(1) An application may contain a declaration claiming the priority, pursuant to any international treaty or Convention, of one or more earlier national, regional or international applications filed , during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the filing date of the application containing the declaration, by the applicant or his predecessor in title in or for any party to the said international treaty or Convention.
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(1A) The period of twelve months mentioned in subsection (1) may not be extended under the provisions of section 82.
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(2) Where the application contains a declaration under subsection (1), the Registrar may require that the applicant furnish, within the prescribed time, a copy of the earlier application, certified as correct by the office with which it was filed or where the earlier application is an international application filed under any international treaty, by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
(3) The effect of the declaration referred to in subsection (1) shall be as provided in the treaty or Convention referred to therein.
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(4) Where any of the requirements of this section or any regulations pertaining thereto have not been complied with, the declaration referred to in subsection (1) shall be deemed to be invalid.