Certain documents not to be published
61 Certain documents not to be published
Except as otherwise provided by this Act, documents of the kind mentioned in subsection 60(1), other than documents prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of paragraph 60(1)(g):
must not be published or be open to public inspection; and
are not liable to be inspected or produced before the Registrar or in a legal proceeding unless the Registrar, court, or any person having power to order inspection or production, directs that the inspection or production be allowed.
Notice of an application for the production in legal proceedings of a document of the kind mentioned in subsection (1) must be given to the Registrar, who is entitled to be heard on the application.
Subsection (1) does not prevent documents of the kind mentioned in subsection 60(1) from being made available to an applicant for registration of the design to which the documents relate.
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