Rule 98

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(1) When a translation of a document is to be filed, the translation shall identify the document to which it refers and reproduce the structure and contents of the original document. The Office may require the filing, within a period to be specified by it, of a certificate that the translation corresponds to the original text. The President of the Office shall determine the manner in which translations shall be certified.


(2) Save where the Regulation or these Rules provide otherwise, a document for which a translation is to be filed shall be deemed not to have been received by the Office
(a) where the translation is received by the Office after expiry of the relevant period for submitting the original document or the translation;
(b) in the case of paragraph 1, where the certificate is not filed within the period specified.