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writing' and furnish ;i copy to i he applicant for registration, who 

 may appeal within one month from the date of such refusal to 

 the Conservator of the Circle. 



'11. Whenever a property mark has been found affixed to any 

 standing- tree or to timber which bears traces of the obliteration, 

 alteration, or defacement of some other property mark 01 has 

 been used to mark or supermark timber in contravention of any 

 of these rules, or whenever the registered owner of a property 

 mark or his agent or servant has been convicted in a criminal 

 court of making a dishonest use thereof, the divisional forest 

 officer may cancel the registration of such mark. The forest 

 officer shall record his reasons in writing 1 , and his order shall be 

 subject to appeal to the Conservator of the Circle, if appeal be 

 made within one month from the date of cancellation of such 

 mark. 



'' 12. Whenever any classification mark has been found affixed 

 to a n t y standing tree or to any timber that did not previously 

 bear the property mark to which the classification mark is sub- 

 sidiary or has been iised for obliterating 1 , altering, or defacing 

 other marks, the divisional forest officer may cancel the regis- 

 tration of such mark. He shall record his reasons in writing 

 and his order shall be subject to appeal to the Conservator, if 

 such appeal be made within one month from the date of can- 

 cellation of such mark. 



" 13. Registration and each renewal of registration of a 

 property mark or classification mark shall hold good from the 

 date thereof until the following thirty-first day of March and 

 for the next succeeding two years. 



" 14. A registration mark may be borne by one or more 

 hammers. When a mark is 'borne 'by several hammers, a number 

 may be borne by each such hammer to denote that it forms one 

 of a series of hammers bearing the same mark, without payment 

 of additional fee. But any modification or alteration in the 

 form or character of a mark shall be separately registered. 



" 15. Registration effected under any law for the time being 

 in force in Lower Burma shall hold good in the territories to 

 which the Upper Burma "Forest Regulation, 1898, extends ae 

 long as it holds good in Lower Burma. 



Xote. Some provision of this sort may become necessary in 

 the event of different Forest Ordinances being in force in the 

 Gold Coast, Ashanti, and the Northern Territories. 



" 16. (1) The registration of classification marks is free of fee. 

 Fees for the registration of property marks shall be levied accord- 

 ing to the following scale: 



" Property Mark 



(a) for teak timber 



Rs. 



"For each new mark registered ... 100 



" For renewal of registration of a mark before it 

 has lapsed or within three months after it has 

 lapsed ... 1 



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