51. NOTICE OF OPPOSITION. -(1) A notice of opposition to the registrar of a trade mark under sub-section (1) of Sec. 21 shall be given in triplicate on Form TM-5 within three months from the date of the advertisement or re-advertisement, as the case may be, of the application for registration in the Journal. The notice shall include a statement of the grounds upon which the opponent objects to the registration. If the registration is opposed on the ground that the trade mark in question resembles marks already on register, the registration numbers of such trade marks and the dates of Journals in which they have been advertised shall be set out. (2) An application for an extension of the period within which a notice of opposition to the registration of a trade mark may be given, shall be made on Form TM-44 accompanied by the prescribed fee. Such period of extension shall not exceed one month in the aggregate. (3) Omitted by S.O. 397, 23rd January, 1969.
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